#8A6522#8A6522

#8A6522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.095 H 78.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6522
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 34)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 8.09, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 42.66, 79.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.0188 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.095 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4247, 14.8273, 3.5626)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6522 #22478A

analogous

#8A3122 #8A6522 #7B8A22

triadic

#8A6522 #228A65 #65228A

tetradic

#8A6522 #228A31 #22478A #8A227B

square

#8A6522 #228A31 #22478A #8A227B

split-complementary

#8A6522 #227B8A #31228A

monochromatic

#281D0A #594116 #8A6522 #BB892E #D4A652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8A6522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8A6522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6522

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6522	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.095 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09061',
    500: '#8a6522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6522;
$custom-light: #b09061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.654,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53226,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6522

secondary

#5075B8

accent

#7DE444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6522

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

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