#8A5E4E#8A5E4E

#8A5E4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.063 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E4E
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(16, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 43.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 15.89, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 22.85, 45.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.0478 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.063 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8598, 13.9599, 9.0654)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E4E #4E7A8A

analogous

#8A4E5C #8A5E4E #8A7C4E

triadic

#8A5E4E #4E8A5E #5E4E8A

tetradic

#8A5E4E #5C8A4E #4E7A8A #7C4E8A

square

#8A5E4E #5C8A4E #4E7A8A #7C4E8A

split-complementary

#8A5E4E #4E8A7C #4E5C8A

monochromatic

#3C2922 #634338 #8A5E4E #AB7C6A #C19E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A5E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A5E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E4E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E4E	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94575A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.063 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8c7f',
    500: '#8a5e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e4e;
$custom-light: #ae8c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52473,
    "c": 0.06312,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E4E

secondary

#86A3AE

accent

#AAC464

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F5F0EE

border

#CFCBC9

text

#100C0A

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E4E

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

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