#8A5C44#8A5C44

#8A5C44 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.071 H 48.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C44
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 68)
HSL	hsl(21, 34%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 50.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 15.96, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 26.72, 53.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.047 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.071 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3526, 13.4761, 7.2603)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C44 #44728A

analogous

#8A444F #8A5C44 #8A7F44

triadic

#8A5C44 #448A5C #5C448A

tetradic

#8A5C44 #4F8A44 #44728A #7F448A

square

#8A5C44 #4F8A44 #44728A #7F448A

split-complementary

#8A5C44 #448A7F #444F8A

monochromatic

#38251C #614130 #8A5C44 #AF795C #C39B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A5C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C44

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C44	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.071 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8a78',
    500: '#8a5c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c44;
$custom-light: #ae8a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51866,
    "c": 0.07055,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C44

secondary

#7C9DAE

accent

#A5CA5E

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110B09

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C44

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

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