#8A5221#8A5221

#8A5221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.098 H 58.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5221
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 33)
HSL	hsl(28, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(28, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 19.14, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 41.99, 62.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% 0.0512 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.098 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7742, 11.5491, 2.9423)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5221 #21598A

analogous

#8A2124 #8A5221 #8A8621

triadic

#8A5221 #218A52 #52218A

tetradic

#8A5221 #248A21 #21598A #86218A

square

#8A5221 #248A21 #21598A #86218A

split-complementary

#8A5221 #218A86 #21248A

monochromatic

#271709 #593515 #8A5221 #BB6F2D #D58E50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A5221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A5221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5221

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5221	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.098 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1835f',
    500: '#8a5221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5221;
$custom-light: #b1835f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49406,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5221

secondary

#4E87B9

accent

#99E543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5221

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

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