#8A521B#8A521B

#8A521B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.101 H 60.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A521B
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 27)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(30, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, 18.87, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 44.38, 64.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.35% 0.0494 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(49.35% 0.101 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6975, 11.5184, 2.5386)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A521B #1B538A

analogous

#8A1B1B #8A521B #8A8A1B

triadic

#8A521B #1B8A52 #521B8A

tetradic

#8A521B #1B8A1B #1B538A #8A1B8A

square

#8A521B #1B8A1B #1B538A #8A1B8A

split-complementary

#8A521B #1B8A8A #1B1B8A

monochromatic

#241507 #573411 #8A521B #BD7025 #DB8F45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8A521B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A521B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A521B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A521B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A521B	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a521b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.101 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1835c',
    500: '#8a521b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a521b;
$custom-light: #b1835c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a521b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.73,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49351,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A521B

secondary

#4581BC

accent

#95EA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A521B

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

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