#8A5E39#8A5E39

#8A5E39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.078 H 59.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E39
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 57)
HSL	hsl(27, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 58.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 13.75, 28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 31.41, 64.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.0389 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.078 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2234, 13.7053, 5.7137)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E39 #39658A

analogous

#8A393D #8A5E39 #8A8639

triadic

#8A5E39 #398A5E #5E398A

tetradic

#8A5E39 #3D8A39 #39658A #86398A

square

#8A5E39 #3D8A39 #39658A #86398A

split-complementary

#8A5E39 #398A86 #393D8A

monochromatic

#332315 #5F4027 #8A5E39 #B57C4B #C79B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8A5E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A5E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E39

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E39	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.078 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8b70',
    500: '#8a5e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e39;
$custom-light: #af8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.407,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52068,
    "c": 0.07761,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E39

secondary

#6F92B0

accent

#99D156

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E39

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

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