#8A6525#8A6525

#8A6525 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.093 H 77.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6525
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 37)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 73.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 8.24, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 41.37, 78.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.0196 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.093 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4698, 14.8454, 3.8006)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6525 #254A8A

analogous

#8A3325 #8A6525 #7D8A25

triadic

#8A6525 #258A65 #65258A

tetradic

#8A6525 #258A33 #254A8A #8A257D

square

#8A6525 #258A33 #254A8A #8A257D

split-complementary

#8A6525 #257D8A #33258A

monochromatic

#291E0B #5A4218 #8A6525 #BA8832 #D2A557

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8A6525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8A6525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6525

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6525	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)

#73661D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.093 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09063',
    500: '#8a6525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6525;
$custom-light: #b09063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.02,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53253,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6525

secondary

#5478B7

accent

#7FE147

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6525

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

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