#8A5E18#8A5E18

#8A5E18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.100 H 73.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E18
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 24)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 11.74, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 45.79, 75.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.0281 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.1 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6499, 13.4759, 2.6935)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E18 #18448A

analogous

#8A2518 #8A5E18 #7D8A18

triadic

#8A5E18 #188A5E #5E188A

tetradic

#8A5E18 #188A25 #18448A #8A187D

square

#8A5E18 #188A25 #18448A #8A187D

split-complementary

#8A5E18 #187D8A #25188A

monochromatic

#221706 #563A0F #8A5E18 #BE8221 #DEA03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A5E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E18

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E18	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E600B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.100 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b5b',
    500: '#8a5e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e18;
$custom-light: #b18b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.842,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51699,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E18

secondary

#4071BD

accent

#80ED3B

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E18

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

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