#8A5E29#8A5E29

#8A5E29 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.090 H 68.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E29
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 41)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, 12.57, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 38.76, 71.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.0329 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.09 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8852, 13.5700, 3.9327)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E29 #29558A

analogous

#8A2E29 #8A5E29 #858A29

triadic

#8A5E29 #298A5E #5E298A

tetradic

#8A5E29 #298A2E #29558A #8A2985

square

#8A5E29 #298A2E #29558A #8A2985

split-complementary

#8A5E29 #29858A #2E298A

monochromatic

#2C1E0D #5B3E1B #8A5E29 #B97E37 #CF9C5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8A5E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A5E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E29

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E29	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.090 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08b65',
    500: '#8a5e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e29;
$custom-light: #b08b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.784,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51851,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E29

secondary

#5A83B5

accent

#8DDE4A

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C06

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E29

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

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