#8A5B21#8A5B21

#8A5B21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.095 H 68.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5B21
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 33)
HSL	hsl(33, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(33, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 13.88, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 42.05, 70.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.0356 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.095 68)
XYZ	xyz(14.4979, 12.9966, 3.1836)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5B21 #21508A

analogous

#8A2621 #8A5B21 #848A21

triadic

#8A5B21 #218A5B #5B218A

tetradic

#8A5B21 #218A26 #21508A #8A2184

square

#8A5B21 #218A26 #21508A #8A2184

split-complementary

#8A5B21 #21848A #26218A

monochromatic

#271A09 #593A15 #8A5B21 #BB7C2D #D59A50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8A5B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A5B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5B21

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5B21	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.095 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18960',
    500: '#8a5b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5b21;
$custom-light: #b18960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51164,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.12995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5B21

secondary

#4E7EB9

accent

#8BE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5B21

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

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