#8A5A31#8A5A31

#8A5A31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.085 H 59.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A31
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 49)
HSL	hsl(28, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, 15.45, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 34.96, 63.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.0428 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.085 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6928, 12.9386, 4.6287)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A31 #31618A

analogous

#8A3135 #8A5A31 #8A8731

triadic

#8A5A31 #318A5A #5A318A

tetradic

#8A5A31 #358A31 #31618A #87318A

square

#8A5A31 #358A31 #31618A #87318A

split-complementary

#8A5A31 #318A87 #31358A

monochromatic

#301F11 #5D3D21 #8A5A31 #B77741 #CA976B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A5A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A5A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A31

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A31	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.085 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886a',
    500: '#8a5a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a31;
$custom-light: #b0886a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.64,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5115,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A31

secondary

#658EB2

accent

#99D751

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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