#8A5B48#8A5B48

#8A5B48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.069 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B48
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 72)
HSL	hsl(17, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 47.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, 16.97, 18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 25.34, 47.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.0505 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.069 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3928, 13.3545, 7.8966)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B48 #48778A

analogous

#8A4856 #8A5B48 #8A7C48

triadic

#8A5B48 #488A5B #5B488A

tetradic

#8A5B48 #568A48 #48778A #7C488A

square

#8A5B48 #568A48 #48778A #7C488A

split-complementary

#8A5B48 #488A7C #48568A

monochromatic

#3A261E #624033 #8A5B48 #AD7862 #C29A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#8A5B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A5B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B48

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B48	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.069 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae897b',
    500: '#8a5b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b48;
$custom-light: #ae897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.273,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51751,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B48

secondary

#80A1AE

accent

#AAC860

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110B09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B48

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

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