#8A5B16#8A5B16

#8A5B16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.101 H 71.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B16
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 22)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.68, 13.42, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.68, 46.31, 73.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.08% 0.0328 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(51.08% 0.101 71)
XYZ	xyz(14.3683, 12.9447, 2.5008)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B16 #16458A

analogous

#8A2116 #8A5B16 #7F8A16

triadic

#8A5B16 #168A5B #5B168A

tetradic

#8A5B16 #168A21 #16458A #8A167F

square

#8A5B16 #168A21 #16458A #8A167F

split-complementary

#8A5B16 #167F8A #21168A

monochromatic

#201505 #55380E #8A5B16 #BF7E1E #E09D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A5B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A5B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B16

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B16	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)

#6B5E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.101 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1895a',
    500: '#8a5b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b16;
$custom-light: #b1895a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.69,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51078,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.12943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B16

secondary

#3E72BE

accent

#83EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B16

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

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