#8A5E14#8A5E14

#8A5E14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.102 H 74.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E14
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 20)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(38, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 85.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 11.60, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 47.18, 75.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.0273 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.102 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6113, 13.4605, 2.4903)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E14 #14408A

analogous

#8A2314 #8A5E14 #7B8A14

triadic

#8A5E14 #148A5E #5E148A

tetradic

#8A5E14 #148A23 #14408A #8A147B

square

#8A5E14 #148A23 #14408A #8A147B

split-complementary

#8A5E14 #147B8A #23148A

monochromatic

#1F1505 #553A0C #8A5E14 #BF821C #E2A236

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A5E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A5E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E14

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E14	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)

#6E6003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.102 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b59',
    500: '#8a5e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e14;
$custom-light: #b18b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.627,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51674,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E14

secondary

#3C6CBE

accent

#7CF136

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E14

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

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