#8A5C36#8A5C36

#8A5C36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.080 H 59.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C36
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 54)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 14.67, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 32.73, 63.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.0412 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.08 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9752, 13.3252, 5.2726)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C36 #36648A

analogous

#8A363A #8A5C36 #8A8636

triadic

#8A5C36 #368A5C #5C368A

tetradic

#8A5C36 #3A8A36 #36648A #86368A

square

#8A5C36 #3A8A36 #36648A #86368A

split-complementary

#8A5C36 #368A86 #363A8A

monochromatic

#322114 #5E3F25 #8A5C36 #B67947 #C89972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8A5C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8A5C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C36

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C36	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)

#6A6033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.080 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8a6e',
    500: '#8a5c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c36;
$custom-light: #af8a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51621,
    "c": 0.08045,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C36

secondary

#6B91B1

accent

#9AD354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C36

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

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