#8A5E28#8A5E28

#8A5E28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.090 H 68.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E28
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 40)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.60, 12.51, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.60, 39.21, 71.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.0326 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.09 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8680, 13.5631, 3.8420)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E28 #28548A

analogous

#8A2D28 #8A5E28 #858A28

triadic

#8A5E28 #288A5E #5E288A

tetradic

#8A5E28 #288A2D #28548A #8A2885

square

#8A5E28 #288A2D #28548A #8A2885

split-complementary

#8A5E28 #28858A #2D288A

monochromatic

#2B1D0C #5B3E1A #8A5E28 #B97E36 #D09C5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A5E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A5E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E28

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E28	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)

#6D6122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.090 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08b65',
    500: '#8a5e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e28;
$custom-light: #b08b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5184,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E28

secondary

#5982B5

accent

#8CDE49

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C06

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E28

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

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