#8A3C21#8A3C21

#8A3C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.114 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3C21
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 33)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, 31.46, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 44.96, 45.60°)
OKLab	oklab(45.58% 0.0884 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(45.58% 0.114 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3728, 8.7464, 2.4752)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3C21 #216F8A

analogous

#8A213A #8A3C21 #8A7021

triadic

#8A3C21 #218A3C #3C218A

tetradic

#8A3C21 #3A8A21 #216F8A #70218A

square

#8A3C21 #3A8A21 #216F8A #70218A

split-complementary

#8A3C21 #218A70 #213A8A

monochromatic

#271109 #592715 #8A3C21 #BB512D #D57250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#8A3C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8A3C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3C21

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3C21	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51491E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.114 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2745e',
    500: '#8a3c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3c21;
$custom-light: #b2745e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45575,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3C21

secondary

#4E9DB9

accent

#BBE543

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3C21

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

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