#8A5F38#8A5F38

#8A5F38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.078 H 62.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5F38
RGB	rgb(138, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 13.07, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 31.90, 65.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% 0.0367 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.078 62)
XYZ	xyz(15.2882, 13.8744, 5.6134)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5F38 #38638A

analogous

#8A383A #8A5F38 #8A8838

triadic

#8A5F38 #388A5F #5F388A

tetradic

#8A5F38 #3A8A38 #38638A #88388A

square

#8A5F38 #3A8A38 #38638A #88388A

split-complementary

#8A5F38 #388A88 #383A8A

monochromatic

#332315 #5E4126 #8A5F38 #B57D4A #C79C75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8A5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A5F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5F38

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5F38	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.078 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8c6f',
    500: '#8a5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5f38;
$custom-light: #af8c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.537,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52254,
    "c": 0.07815,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.13873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5F38

secondary

#6E91B0

accent

#97D256

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#110C07

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5F38

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

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