#8A5B15#8A5B15

#8A5B15 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.101 H 71.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B15
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 21)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, 13.39, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 46.65, 73.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.0326 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.101 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3588, 12.9409, 2.4510)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B15 #15448A

analogous

#8A2015 #8A5B15 #7E8A15

triadic

#8A5B15 #158A5B #5B158A

tetradic

#8A5B15 #158A20 #15448A #8A157E

square

#8A5B15 #158A20 #15448A #8A157E

split-complementary

#8A5B15 #157E8A #20158A

monochromatic

#201505 #55380D #8A5B15 #BF7E1D #E19D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A5B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A5B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B15

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B15	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)

#6B5E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.101 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18959',
    500: '#8a5b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b15;
$custom-light: #b18959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.897,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51072,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B15

secondary

#3D71BE

accent

#82F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B15

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

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