#8A5B35#8A5B35

#8A5B35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.082 H 58.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B35
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 15.17, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 33.17, 62.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.0425 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.082 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8659, 13.1437, 5.1215)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B35 #35648A

analogous

#8A3539 #8A5B35 #8A8635

triadic

#8A5B35 #358A5B #5B358A

tetradic

#8A5B35 #398A35 #35648A #86358A

square

#8A5B35 #398A35 #35648A #86358A

split-complementary

#8A5B35 #358A86 #35398A

monochromatic

#322113 #5E3E24 #8A5B35 #B67846 #C89871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8A5B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8A5B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B35

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B35	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.082 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af896d',
    500: '#8a5b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b35;
$custom-light: #af896d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.824,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51407,
    "c": 0.0815,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B35

secondary

#6A91B1

accent

#9BD454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B35

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

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