#8A5A33#8A5A33

#8A5A33 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.083 H 58.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A33
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 51)
HSL	hsl(27, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 63%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, 15.60, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 34.06, 62.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.0435 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.083 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7359, 12.9559, 4.8560)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A33 #33638A

analogous

#8A3337 #8A5A33 #8A8633

triadic

#8A5A33 #338A5A #5A338A

tetradic

#8A5A33 #378A33 #33638A #86338A

square

#8A5A33 #378A33 #33638A #86338A

split-complementary

#8A5A33 #338A86 #33378A

monochromatic

#312012 #5D3D22 #8A5A33 #B77744 #C9976E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A5A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A5A33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A33

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A33	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)

#685E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.083 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886c',
    500: '#8a5a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a33;
$custom-light: #b0886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.897,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51179,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A33

secondary

#6790B1

accent

#9BD652

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A33

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

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