#8A5C35#8A5C35

#8A5C35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.081 H 59.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C35
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(28, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 61.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 14.59, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 33.18, 63.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.0408 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.081 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9519, 13.3159, 5.1502)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C35 #35638A

analogous

#8A3539 #8A5C35 #8A8635

triadic

#8A5C35 #358A5C #5C358A

tetradic

#8A5C35 #398A35 #35638A #86358A

square

#8A5C35 #398A35 #35638A #86358A

split-complementary

#8A5C35 #358A86 #35398A

monochromatic

#322113 #5E3F24 #8A5C35 #B67946 #C89971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8A5C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8A5C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C35

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C35	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.081 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8a6d',
    500: '#8a5c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c35;
$custom-light: #af8a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.529,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51605,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C35

secondary

#6A90B1

accent

#99D454

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C35

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

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