#8A5021#8A5021

#8A5021 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.099 H 56.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5021
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(27, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 20.30, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 42.09, 61.17°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.0546 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.099 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6256, 11.2518, 2.8928)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5021 #215B8A

analogous

#8A2126 #8A5021 #8A8421

triadic

#8A5021 #218A50 #50218A

tetradic

#8A5021 #268A21 #215B8A #84218A

square

#8A5021 #268A21 #215B8A #84218A

split-complementary

#8A5021 #218A84 #21268A

monochromatic

#271709 #593315 #8A5021 #BB6D2D #D58C50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8A5021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8A5021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5021

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5021	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61561B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.099 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1815f',
    500: '#8a5021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5021;
$custom-light: #b1815f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49028,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5021

secondary

#4E89B9

accent

#9CE543

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5021

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

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