#8A5E24#8A5E24

#8A5E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.093 H 70.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E24
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 36)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 12.28, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 40.97, 72.56°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.0313 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.093 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8034, 13.5373, 3.5020)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E24 #24508A

analogous

#8A2B24 #8A5E24 #838A24

triadic

#8A5E24 #248A5E #5E248A

tetradic

#8A5E24 #248A2B #24508A #8A2483

square

#8A5E24 #248A2B #24508A #8A2483

split-complementary

#8A5E24 #24838A #2B248A

monochromatic

#291C0B #593D17 #8A5E24 #BB7F31 #D39D56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A5E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A5E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E24

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E24	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D611D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.093 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08b62',
    500: '#8a5e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e24;
$custom-light: #b08b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.118,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51798,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E24

secondary

#537EB7

accent

#89E246

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E24

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

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