#8A5A38#8A5A38

#8A5A38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.080 H 55.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A38
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(25, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 16.00, 27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 31.85, 59.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.0455 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.08 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8521, 13.0024, 5.4681)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A38 #38688A

analogous

#8A383F #8A5A38 #8A8338

triadic

#8A5A38 #388A5A #5A388A

tetradic

#8A5A38 #3F8A38 #38688A #83388A

square

#8A5A38 #3F8A38 #38688A #83388A

split-complementary

#8A5A38 #388A83 #383F8A

monochromatic

#332115 #5E3E26 #8A5A38 #B5764A #C79775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8A5A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A5A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A38

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A38	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.080 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af896f',
    500: '#8a5a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a38;
$custom-light: #af896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.878,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51256,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A38

secondary

#6E95B0

accent

#9FD256

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A38

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

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