#8A5D36#8A5D36

#8A5D36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.080 H 60.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5D36
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 14.08, 29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 32.75, 64.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.0394 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.08 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0624, 13.4996, 5.3017)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5D36 #36638A

analogous

#8A3639 #8A5D36 #8A8736

triadic

#8A5D36 #368A5D #5D368A

tetradic

#8A5D36 #398A36 #36638A #87368A

square

#8A5D36 #398A36 #36638A #87368A

split-complementary

#8A5D36 #368A87 #36398A

monochromatic

#322214 #5E3F25 #8A5D36 #B67B47 #C89A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A5D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5D36

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5D36	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)

#6B6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.080 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8b6e',
    500: '#8a5d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5d36;
$custom-light: #af8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5182,
    "c": 0.08016,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5D36

secondary

#6B90B1

accent

#98D354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5D36

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

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