#8A5E17#8A5E17

#8A5E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.100 H 73.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E17
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 11.70, 44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 46.15, 75.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.0279 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.1 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6397, 13.4718, 2.6398)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E17 #17438A

analogous

#8A2417 #8A5E17 #7D8A17

triadic

#8A5E17 #178A5E #5E178A

tetradic

#8A5E17 #178A24 #17438A #8A177D

square

#8A5E17 #178A24 #17438A #8A177D

split-complementary

#8A5E17 #177D8A #24178A

monochromatic

#211706 #563A0E #8A5E17 #BE8220 #DFA13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A5E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A5E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E17

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E17	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.100 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b5b',
    500: '#8a5e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e17;
$custom-light: #b18b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.043,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51692,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E17

secondary

#3F70BE

accent

#7FEE3A

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E17

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