#8A5C15#8A5C15

#8A5C15 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.101 H 72.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C15
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 21)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 12.80, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 46.71, 74.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0309 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.101 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4449, 13.1130, 2.4796)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C15 #15438A

analogous

#8A2115 #8A5C15 #7D8A15

triadic

#8A5C15 #158A5C #5C158A

tetradic

#8A5C15 #158A21 #15438A #8A157D

square

#8A5C15 #158A21 #15438A #8A157D

split-complementary

#8A5C15 #157D8A #21158A

monochromatic

#201505 #55390D #8A5C15 #BF7F1D #E19F39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8A5C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8A5C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C15

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C15	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)

#6C5F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.101 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a5a',
    500: '#8a5c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c15;
$custom-light: #b18a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.41,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51274,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C15

secondary

#3D70BE

accent

#80F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C15

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

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