#8A5A36#8A5A36

#8A5A36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.081 H 56.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A36
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 54)
HSL	hsl(26, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(26, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 15.84, 28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 32.73, 61.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.22% 0.0447 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(51.22% 0.081 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8042, 12.9832, 5.2156)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A36 #36668A

analogous

#8A363C #8A5A36 #8A8436

triadic

#8A5A36 #368A5A #5A368A

tetradic

#8A5A36 #3C8A36 #36668A #84368A

square

#8A5A36 #3C8A36 #36668A #84368A

split-complementary

#8A5A36 #368A84 #363C8A

monochromatic

#322114 #5E3D25 #8A5A36 #B67747 #C89772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8A5A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A5A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A36

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A36	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.081 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af896e',
    500: '#8a5a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a36;
$custom-light: #af896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51224,
    "c": 0.08116,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A36

secondary

#6B93B1

accent

#9DD354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A36

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

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