#8A4520#8A4520

#8A4520 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.106 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4520
RGB	rgb(138, 69, 32)
HSL	hsl(21, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 76.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 26.51, 34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 43.67, 52.62°)
OKLab	oklab(47.04% 0.0732 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(47.04% 0.106 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8713, 9.7653, 2.5733)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4520 #20658A

analogous

#8A2030 #8A4520 #8A7A20

triadic

#8A4520 #208A45 #45208A

tetradic

#8A4520 #308A20 #20658A #7A208A

square

#8A4520 #308A20 #20658A #7A208A

split-complementary

#8A4520 #208A7A #20308A

monochromatic

#271309 #582C14 #8A4520 #BC5E2C #D67E4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#8A4520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8A4520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4520

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4520	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98373D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 69, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.106 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27a5d',
    500: '#8a4520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4520;
$custom-light: #b27a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.943,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4704,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4520

secondary

#4D93B9

accent

#ADE542

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4520

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

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