#8A5E1A#8A5E1A

#8A5E1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.099 H 73.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E1A
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 26)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 81.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 11.82, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 45.05, 74.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.0286 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.099 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6715, 13.4846, 2.8072)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E1A #1A468A

analogous

#8A261A #8A5E1A #7E8A1A

triadic

#8A5E1A #1A8A5E #5E1A8A

tetradic

#8A5E1A #1A8A26 #1A468A #8A1A7E

square

#8A5E1A #1A8A26 #1A468A #8A1A7E

split-complementary

#8A5E1A #1A7E8A #261A8A

monochromatic

#231807 #573B10 #8A5E1A #BD8124 #DCA043

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A5E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E1A

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E1A	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)

#6D600E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.099 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b5c',
    500: '#8a5e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e1a;
$custom-light: #b18b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51713,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E1A

secondary

#4373BD

accent

#81EB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E1A

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

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