#8A5E48#8A5E48

#8A5E48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.067 H 47.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E48
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(20, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 47.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 15.21, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 25.00, 52.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.0452 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.067 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6544, 13.8777, 7.9838)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E48 #48748A

analogous

#8A4853 #8A5E48 #8A7F48

triadic

#8A5E48 #488A5E #5E488A

tetradic

#8A5E48 #538A48 #48748A #7F488A

square

#8A5E48 #538A48 #48748A #7F488A

split-complementary

#8A5E48 #488A7F #48538A

monochromatic

#3A271E #624333 #8A5E48 #AD7B62 #C29D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8A5E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8A5E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E48

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E48	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.067 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8c7b',
    500: '#8a5e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e48;
$custom-light: #ae8c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52343,
    "c": 0.06672,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E48

secondary

#809FAE

accent

#A5C860

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5F0ED

border

#CFCBC8

text

#110C09

muted

#807D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E48

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

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