#8A5E1E#8A5E1E

#8A5E1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.097 H 72.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E1E
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 30)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 11.99, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 43.49, 74.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.0296 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.097 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7194, 13.5037, 3.0593)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E1E #1E4A8A

analogous

#8A281E #8A5E1E #808A1E

triadic

#8A5E1E #1E8A5E #5E1E8A

tetradic

#8A5E1E #1E8A28 #1E4A8A #8A1E80

square

#8A5E1E #1E8A28 #1E4A8A #8A1E80

split-complementary

#8A5E1E #1E808A #281E8A

monochromatic

#251A08 #583C13 #8A5E1E #BC8029 #D89E4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A5E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E1E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E1E	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)

#6D6115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.097 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18b5e',
    500: '#8a5e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e1e;
$custom-light: #b18b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51744,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E1E

secondary

#4A77BA

accent

#84E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E1E

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

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