#8A5A34#8A5A34

#8A5A34 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.083 H 57.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A34
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 52)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 15.68, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 33.61, 62.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.0439 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.083 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7582, 12.9648, 4.9733)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A34 #34648A

analogous

#8A3439 #8A5A34 #8A8534

triadic

#8A5A34 #348A5A #5A348A

tetradic

#8A5A34 #398A34 #34648A #85348A

square

#8A5A34 #398A34 #34648A #85348A

split-complementary

#8A5A34 #348A85 #34398A

monochromatic

#312013 #5E3D23 #8A5A34 #B67745 #C9976F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A5A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A5A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A34

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A34	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)

#685E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.083 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0886c',
    500: '#8a5a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a34;
$custom-light: #b0886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.512,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51194,
    "c": 0.08256,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A34

secondary

#6991B1

accent

#9BD553

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A34

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

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