#8A5E38#8A5E38

#8A5E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.078 H 60.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E38
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, 13.66, 28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 31.86, 64.61°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.0385 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.078 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1987, 13.6954, 5.5836)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E38 #38648A

analogous

#8A383B #8A5E38 #8A8738

triadic

#8A5E38 #388A5E #5E388A

tetradic

#8A5E38 #3B8A38 #38648A #87388A

square

#8A5E38 #3B8A38 #38648A #87388A

split-complementary

#8A5E38 #388A87 #383B8A

monochromatic

#332315 #5E4026 #8A5E38 #B57C4A #C79B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8A5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A5E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E38

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E38	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)

#6B6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.078 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8b6f',
    500: '#8a5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e38;
$custom-light: #af8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.805,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52052,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E38

secondary

#6E91B0

accent

#98D256

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E38

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

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