#8A5C14#8A5C14

#8A5C14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.102 H 72.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C14
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 20)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(37, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 12.77, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 47.04, 74.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0307 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.102 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4358, 13.1094, 2.4318)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C14 #14428A

analogous

#8A2114 #8A5C14 #7D8A14

triadic

#8A5C14 #148A5C #5C148A

tetradic

#8A5C14 #148A21 #14428A #8A147D

square

#8A5C14 #148A21 #14428A #8A147D

split-complementary

#8A5C14 #147D8A #21148A

monochromatic

#1F1505 #55380C #8A5C14 #BF801C #E29F36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8A5C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8A5C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C14

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C14	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.102 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a59',
    500: '#8a5c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c14;
$custom-light: #b18a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.61,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51268,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C14

secondary

#3C6FBE

accent

#7FF136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C14

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

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