#8A5E40#8A5E40

#8A5E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.072 H 54.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E40
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(24, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 53.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 14.38, 24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 28.28, 59.43°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.0418 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.072 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4102, 13.7800, 6.6977)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E40 #406C8A

analogous

#8A4047 #8A5E40 #8A8340

triadic

#8A5E40 #408A5E #5E408A

tetradic

#8A5E40 #478A40 #406C8A #83408A

square

#8A5E40 #478A40 #406C8A #83408A

split-complementary

#8A5E40 #408A83 #40478A

monochromatic

#362519 #60422D #8A5E40 #B17B56 #C49C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8A5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8A5E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E40

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E40	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.072 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8b75',
    500: '#8a5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e40;
$custom-light: #af8b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.324,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52187,
    "c": 0.07232,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E40

secondary

#7798AF

accent

#9FCD5B

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110C08

muted

#807D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E40

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

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