#8A5E37#8A5E37

#8A5E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.079 H 61.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E37
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 60.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 13.58, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 32.32, 65.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.0381 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.079 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1745, 13.6857, 5.4561)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E37 #37638A

analogous

#8A3739 #8A5E37 #8A8737

triadic

#8A5E37 #378A5E #5E378A

tetradic

#8A5E37 #398A37 #37638A #87378A

square

#8A5E37 #398A37 #37638A #87378A

split-complementary

#8A5E37 #378A87 #37398A

monochromatic

#322214 #5E4026 #8A5E37 #B67C48 #C89B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8A5E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A5E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E37

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E37	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)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.079 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8b6f',
    500: '#8a5e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e37;
$custom-light: #af8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.193,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52037,
    "c": 0.07915,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E37

secondary

#6D90B0

accent

#98D355

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E37

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

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