#8A5D32#8A5D32

#8A5D32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.083 H 62.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5D32
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 50)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 13.77, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 34.58, 66.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.0379 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.083 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9723, 13.4635, 4.8272)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5D32 #325F8A

analogous

#8A3233 #8A5D32 #8A8932

triadic

#8A5D32 #328A5D #5D328A

tetradic

#8A5D32 #338A32 #325F8A #89328A

square

#8A5D32 #338A32 #325F8A #89328A

split-complementary

#8A5D32 #328A89 #32338A

monochromatic

#302011 #5D3F22 #8A5D32 #B77B42 #CA9A6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A5D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A5D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5D32

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5D32	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B612E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.083 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08b6b',
    500: '#8a5d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5d32;
$custom-light: #b08b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.318,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51762,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5D32

secondary

#668DB2

accent

#95D651

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5D32

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

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