#8A4521#8A4521

#8A4521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.106 H 46.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4521
RGB	rgb(138, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(21, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(21, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 26.56, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 43.29, 52.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% 0.0735 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.106 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8851, 9.7709, 2.6460)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4521 #21668A

analogous

#8A2131 #8A4521 #8A7921

triadic

#8A4521 #218A45 #45218A

tetradic

#8A4521 #318A21 #21668A #79218A

square

#8A4521 #318A21 #21668A #79218A

split-complementary

#8A4521 #218A79 #21318A

monochromatic

#271409 #592C15 #8A4521 #BB5E2D #D57E50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#8A4521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8A4521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4521

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4521	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)

#584F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98373D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.106 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27a5e',
    500: '#8a4521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4521;
$custom-light: #b27a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47051,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4521

secondary

#4E94B9

accent

#ADE543

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4521

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

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