#8A4A21#8A4A21

#8A4A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.102 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4A21
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 33)
HSL	hsl(23, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(23, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.57, 23.74, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.57, 42.62, 56.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.065 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.102 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2057, 10.4121, 2.7529)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4A21 #21618A

analogous

#8A212C #8A4A21 #8A7E21

triadic

#8A4A21 #218A4A #4A218A

tetradic

#8A4A21 #2C8A21 #21618A #7E218A

square

#8A4A21 #2C8A21 #21618A #7E218A

split-complementary

#8A4A21 #218A7E #212C8A

monochromatic

#271509 #593015 #8A4A21 #BB642D #D58450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#8A4A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8A4A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4A21

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4A21	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#973D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.102 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27d5f',
    500: '#8a4a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4a21;
$custom-light: #b27d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47928,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4A21

secondary

#4E8FB9

accent

#A6E543

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4A21

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

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