#8A5921#8A5921

#8A5921 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.095 H 65.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5921
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 33)
HSL	hsl(32, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(32, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 15.06, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 41.97, 68.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.0391 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.095 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3292, 12.6592, 3.1274)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5921 #21528A

analogous

#8A2421 #8A5921 #868A21

triadic

#8A5921 #218A59 #59218A

tetradic

#8A5921 #218A24 #21528A #8A2186

square

#8A5921 #218A24 #21528A #8A2186

split-complementary

#8A5921 #21868A #24218A

monochromatic

#271909 #593915 #8A5921 #BB792D #D59750

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8A5921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A5921 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5921

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5921	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.095 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18860',
    500: '#8a5921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5921;
$custom-light: #b18860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50765,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5921

secondary

#4E80B9

accent

#8FE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5921

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

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