#8A5E36#8A5E36

#8A5E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.080 H 61.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E36
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 13.50, 29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 32.78, 65.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.0377 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.08 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1507, 13.6762, 5.3311)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E36 #36628A

analogous

#8A3638 #8A5E36 #8A8836

triadic

#8A5E36 #368A5E #5E368A

tetradic

#8A5E36 #388A36 #36628A #88368A

square

#8A5E36 #388A36 #36628A #88368A

split-complementary

#8A5E36 #368A88 #36388A

monochromatic

#322214 #5E4025 #8A5E36 #B67C47 #C89B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8A5E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A5E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E36

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E36	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.080 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8b6e',
    500: '#8a5e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e36;
$custom-light: #af8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52021,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E36

secondary

#6B90B1

accent

#97D354

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E36

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

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