#8A5D17#8A5D17

#8A5D17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.100 H 72.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5D17
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 12.29, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 46.08, 74.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.0296 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.1 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5514, 13.2951, 2.6103)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5D17 #17448A

analogous

#8A2417 #8A5D17 #7E8A17

triadic

#8A5D17 #178A5D #5D178A

tetradic

#8A5D17 #178A24 #17448A #8A177E

square

#8A5D17 #178A24 #17448A #8A177E

split-complementary

#8A5D17 #177E8A #24178A

monochromatic

#211606 #563A0E #8A5D17 #BE8020 #DF9F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#8A5D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8A5D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5D17

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5D17	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)

#6D6009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.100 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a5b',
    500: '#8a5d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5d17;
$custom-light: #b18a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51489,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5D17

secondary

#3F71BE

accent

#80EE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5D17

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

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