#8A5A32#8A5A32

#8A5A32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.084 H 59.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A32
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 50)
HSL	hsl(27, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.68, 15.53, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.68, 34.51, 63.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.0431 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.084 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7141, 12.9472, 4.7411)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A32 #32628A

analogous

#8A3236 #8A5A32 #8A8632

triadic

#8A5A32 #328A5A #5A328A

tetradic

#8A5A32 #368A32 #32628A #86328A

square

#8A5A32 #368A32 #32628A #86328A

split-complementary

#8A5A32 #328A86 #32368A

monochromatic

#301F11 #5D3D22 #8A5A32 #B77742 #CA976C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A5A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A5A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A32

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A32	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)

#685E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.084 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886b',
    500: '#8a5a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a32;
$custom-light: #b0886b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51164,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A32

secondary

#668FB2

accent

#9AD651

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A32

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

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