#8A6523#8A6523

#8A6523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.094 H 78.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6523
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 8.14, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 42.24, 78.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.0191 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.094 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4393, 14.8332, 3.6397)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6523 #23488A

analogous

#8A3223 #8A6523 #7C8A23

triadic

#8A6523 #238A65 #65238A

tetradic

#8A6523 #238A32 #23488A #8A237C

square

#8A6523 #238A32 #23488A #8A237C

split-complementary

#8A6523 #237C8A #32238A

monochromatic

#281E0A #594117 #8A6523 #BB892F #D4A654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8A6523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8A6523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6523

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6523	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73661A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.094 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09062',
    500: '#8a6523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6523;
$custom-light: #b09062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.447,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53235,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6523

secondary

#5176B7

accent

#7EE345

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6523

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

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