#8A5D37#8A5D37

#8A5D37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.079 H 59.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5D37
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 14.16, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 32.29, 63.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.0398 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.079 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0861, 13.5090, 5.4266)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5D37 #37648A

analogous

#8A373A #8A5D37 #8A8637

triadic

#8A5D37 #378A5D #5D378A

tetradic

#8A5D37 #3A8A37 #37648A #86378A

square

#8A5D37 #3A8A37 #37648A #86378A

split-complementary

#8A5D37 #378A86 #373A8A

monochromatic

#322214 #5E4026 #8A5D37 #B67A48 #C89A74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8A5D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5D37

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5D37	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.079 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8b6f',
    500: '#8a5d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5d37;
$custom-light: #af8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.47,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51836,
    "c": 0.07941,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5D37

secondary

#6D91B0

accent

#99D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5D37

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

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