#8A5C17#8A5C17

#8A5C17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.100 H 71.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C17
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, 12.87, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 46.01, 73.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% 0.0313 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.1 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4642, 13.1207, 2.5812)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C17 #17458A

analogous

#8A2317 #8A5C17 #7F8A17

triadic

#8A5C17 #178A5C #5C178A

tetradic

#8A5C17 #178A23 #17458A #8A177F

square

#8A5C17 #178A23 #17458A #8A177F

split-complementary

#8A5C17 #177F8A #23178A

monochromatic

#211606 #56390E #8A5C17 #BE7F20 #DF9E3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8A5C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8A5C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C17

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C17	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)

#6C5F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.100 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a5b',
    500: '#8a5c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c17;
$custom-light: #b18a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51286,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C17

secondary

#3F72BE

accent

#82EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C17

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

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