#8A5D15#8A5D15

#8A5D15 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.101 H 73.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5D15
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 21)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(37, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 12.22, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 46.77, 74.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.0292 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.101 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5321, 13.2874, 2.5087)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5D15 #15428A

analogous

#8A2215 #8A5D15 #7C8A15

triadic

#8A5D15 #158A5D #5D158A

tetradic

#8A5D15 #158A22 #15428A #8A157C

square

#8A5D15 #158A22 #15428A #8A157C

split-complementary

#8A5D15 #157C8A #22158A

monochromatic

#201505 #55390D #8A5D15 #BF811D #E1A039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#8A5D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8A5D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5D15

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5D15	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.101 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a5a',
    500: '#8a5d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5d15;
$custom-light: #b18a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51476,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5D15

secondary

#3D6EBE

accent

#7FF038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5D15

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

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