#8A5E34#8A5E34

#8A5E34 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.081 H 63.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E34
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 52)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 62.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 13.34, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 33.71, 66.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.0369 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.081 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1047, 13.6578, 5.0888)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E34 #34608A

analogous

#8A3435 #8A5E34 #8A8934

triadic

#8A5E34 #348A5E #5E348A

tetradic

#8A5E34 #358A34 #34608A #89348A

square

#8A5E34 #358A34 #34608A #89348A

split-complementary

#8A5E34 #348A89 #34358A

monochromatic

#312113 #5E4023 #8A5E34 #B67C45 #C99B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8A5E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A5E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E34

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E34	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.081 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8b6d',
    500: '#8a5e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e34;
$custom-light: #af8b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.302,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51992,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E34

secondary

#698EB1

accent

#95D553

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E34

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

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