#8A5B17#8A5B17

#8A5B17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.100 H 70.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B17
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 13.46, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 45.96, 72.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.033 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.1 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3781, 12.9486, 2.5526)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B17 #17468A

analogous

#8A2117 #8A5B17 #808A17

triadic

#8A5B17 #178A5B #5B178A

tetradic

#8A5B17 #178A21 #17468A #8A1780

square

#8A5B17 #178A21 #17468A #8A1780

split-complementary

#8A5B17 #17808A #21178A

monochromatic

#211606 #56380E #8A5B17 #BE7E20 #DF9C3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A5B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A5B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B17

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B17	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)

#6B5E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.100 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1895a',
    500: '#8a5b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b17;
$custom-light: #b1895a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.478,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51085,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B17

secondary

#3F73BE

accent

#83EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B17

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

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