#8A5E25#8A5E25

#8A5E25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.092 H 69.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E25
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 37)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 12.34, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 40.54, 72.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.0316 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.092 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8189, 13.5435, 3.5836)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E25 #25518A

analogous

#8A2B25 #8A5E25 #848A25

triadic

#8A5E25 #258A5E #5E258A

tetradic

#8A5E25 #258A2B #25518A #8A2584

square

#8A5E25 #258A2B #25518A #8A2584

split-complementary

#8A5E25 #25848A #2B258A

monochromatic

#291C0B #5A3D18 #8A5E25 #BA7F32 #D29D57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A5E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A5E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E25

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E25	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)

#6D611E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.092 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08b63',
    500: '#8a5e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e25;
$custom-light: #b08b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.861,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51808,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E25

secondary

#547FB7

accent

#8AE147

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E25

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

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