#8A5E15#8A5E15

#8A5E15 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.101 H 74.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E15
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 21)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(37, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 11.63, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 46.84, 75.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.0275 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.101 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6204, 13.4641, 2.5382)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E15 #15418A

analogous

#8A2315 #8A5E15 #7B8A15

triadic

#8A5E15 #158A5E #5E158A

tetradic

#8A5E15 #158A23 #15418A #8A157B

square

#8A5E15 #158A23 #15418A #8A157B

split-complementary

#8A5E15 #157B8A #23158A

monochromatic

#201605 #553A0D #8A5E15 #BF821D #E1A239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A5E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A5E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E15

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E15	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)

#6E6005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.101 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b5a',
    500: '#8a5e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e15;
$custom-light: #b18b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.436,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5168,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E15

secondary

#3D6DBE

accent

#7DF038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E15

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

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