#8A3E21#8A3E21

#8A3E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.112 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E21
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 33)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, 30.39, 32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 44.55, 46.98°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.0852 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.112 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4796, 8.9599, 2.5108)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E21 #216D8A

analogous

#8A2138 #8A3E21 #8A7221

triadic

#8A3E21 #218A3E #3E218A

tetradic

#8A3E21 #388A21 #216D8A #72218A

square

#8A3E21 #388A21 #216D8A #72218A

split-complementary

#8A3E21 #218A72 #21388A

monochromatic

#271209 #592815 #8A3E21 #BB542D #D57550

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#8A3E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8A3E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E21

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E21	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.112 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2755e',
    500: '#8a3e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e21;
$custom-light: #b2755e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45891,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E21

secondary

#4E9BB9

accent

#B8E543

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120804

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E21

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

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