#8A5A21#8A5A21

#8A5A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.095 H 66.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A21
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 33)
HSL	hsl(33, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(33, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 14.47, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 42.00, 69.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.0373 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.095 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4130, 12.8267, 3.1553)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A21 #21518A

analogous

#8A2521 #8A5A21 #858A21

triadic

#8A5A21 #218A5A #5A218A

tetradic

#8A5A21 #218A25 #21518A #8A2185

square

#8A5A21 #218A25 #21518A #8A2185

split-complementary

#8A5A21 #21858A #25218A

monochromatic

#271A09 #593A15 #8A5A21 #BB7A2D #D59850

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A5A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A5A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A21

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A21	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.095 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18860',
    500: '#8a5a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a21;
$custom-light: #b18860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50964,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A21

secondary

#4E7FB9

accent

#8DE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A21

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

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