#8A4021#8A4021

#8A4021 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.110 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4021
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 33)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 29.32, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 44.16, 48.40°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% 0.0819 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.11 42)
XYZ	xyz(12.5904, 9.1814, 2.5477)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4021 #216B8A

analogous

#8A2136 #8A4021 #8A7421

triadic

#8A4021 #218A40 #40218A

tetradic

#8A4021 #368A21 #216B8A #74218A

square

#8A4021 #368A21 #216B8A #74218A

split-complementary

#8A4021 #218A74 #21368A

monochromatic

#271209 #592915 #8A4021 #BB572D #D57750

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8A4021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A4021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4021

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4021	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#983039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.110 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2765e',
    500: '#8a4021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4021;
$custom-light: #b2765e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46214,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.0918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4021

secondary

#4E99B9

accent

#B5E543

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4021

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

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