#8A5B41#8A5B41

#8A5B41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.073 H 49.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B41
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 65)
HSL	hsl(21, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 53%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 52.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 16.24, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 28.00, 54.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.0475 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.073 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1773, 13.2683, 6.7617)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B41 #41708A

analogous

#8A414B #8A5B41 #8A8041

triadic

#8A5B41 #418A5B #5B418A

tetradic

#8A5B41 #4B8A41 #41708A #80418A

square

#8A5B41 #4B8A41 #41708A #80418A

split-complementary

#8A5B41 #418A80 #414B8A

monochromatic

#37241A #60402D #8A5B41 #B07758 #C49982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#8A5B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A5B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B41

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B41	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.073 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8976',
    500: '#8a5b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b41;
$custom-light: #af8976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.37,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51611,
    "c": 0.07311,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B41

secondary

#789BAE

accent

#A4CC5C

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110B08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B41

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

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