#8A5E44#8A5E44

#8A5E44 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.069 H 51.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E44
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 68)
HSL	hsl(22, 34%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(22, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 50.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 14.78, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 26.59, 56.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.0435 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.069 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5281, 13.8272, 7.3188)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E44 #44708A

analogous

#8A444D #8A5E44 #8A8144

triadic

#8A5E44 #448A5E #5E448A

tetradic

#8A5E44 #4D8A44 #44708A #81448A

square

#8A5E44 #4D8A44 #44708A #81448A

split-complementary

#8A5E44 #448A81 #444D8A

monochromatic

#38261C #614230 #8A5E44 #AF7B5C #C39C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8A5E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A5E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E44

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E44	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.069 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8b78',
    500: '#8a5e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e44;
$custom-light: #ae8b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.286,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52262,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E44

secondary

#7C9BAE

accent

#A2CA5E

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#110C09

muted

#807D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E44

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

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