#8A5E12#8A5E12

#8A5E12 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.102 H 74.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E12
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 18)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(38, 87%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 87%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 11.54, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 47.82, 76.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% 0.0269 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.102 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5942, 13.4537, 2.4003)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E12 #123E8A

analogous

#8A2212 #8A5E12 #7A8A12

triadic

#8A5E12 #128A5E #5E128A

tetradic

#8A5E12 #128A22 #123E8A #8A127A

square

#8A5E12 #128A22 #123E8A #8A127A

split-complementary

#8A5E12 #127A8A #22128A

monochromatic

#1E1404 #54390B #8A5E12 #C08319 #E4A332

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A5E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A5E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E12

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E12	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)

#6E6000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.102 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b58',
    500: '#8a5e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e12;
$custom-light: #b18b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51663,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E12

secondary

#396ABF

accent

#7AF334

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E12

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

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