#8A5E1C#8A5E1C

#8A5E1C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.098 H 72.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E1C
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 28)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, 11.90, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 44.28, 74.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.0291 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.098 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6946, 13.4938, 2.9290)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E1C #1C488A

analogous

#8A271C #8A5E1C #7F8A1C

triadic

#8A5E1C #1C8A5E #5E1C8A

tetradic

#8A5E1C #1C8A27 #1C488A #8A1C7F

square

#8A5E1C #1C8A27 #1C488A #8A1C7F

split-complementary

#8A5E1C #1C7F8A #271C8A

monochromatic

#241907 #573B12 #8A5E1C #BD8126 #DA9F47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A5E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E1C

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E1C	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)

#6D6112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.098 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b5d',
    500: '#8a5e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e1c;
$custom-light: #b18b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51728,
    "c": 0.09766,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E1C

secondary

#4675BB

accent

#83E93F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E1C

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

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