#8A5C38#8A5C38

#8A5C38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.079 H 57.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C38
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(26, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, 14.83, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 31.83, 62.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.042 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.079 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0231, 13.3443, 5.5251)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C38 #38668A

analogous

#8A383D #8A5C38 #8A8538

triadic

#8A5C38 #388A5C #5C388A

tetradic

#8A5C38 #3D8A38 #38668A #85388A

square

#8A5C38 #3D8A38 #38668A #85388A

split-complementary

#8A5C38 #388A85 #383D8A

monochromatic

#332215 #5E3F26 #8A5C38 #B5794A #C79975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#8A5C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A5C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C38

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C38	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.079 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8a6f',
    500: '#8a5c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c38;
$custom-light: #af8a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.341,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51652,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C38

secondary

#6E93B0

accent

#9BD256

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110B07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C38

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

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