#8A5C21#8A5C21

#8A5C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.095 H 69.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5C21
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 33)
HSL	hsl(34, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(34, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 13.30, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 42.11, 71.59°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.0339 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.095 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5840, 13.1687, 3.2123)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5C21 #214F8A

analogous

#8A2721 #8A5C21 #838A21

triadic

#8A5C21 #218A5C #5C218A

tetradic

#8A5C21 #218A27 #214F8A #8A2183

square

#8A5C21 #218A27 #214F8A #8A2183

split-complementary

#8A5C21 #21838A #27218A

monochromatic

#271A09 #593B15 #8A5C21 #BB7D2D #D59B50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8A5C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8A5C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5C21

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5C21	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.095 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18a60',
    500: '#8a5c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5c21;
$custom-light: #b18a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51365,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5C21

secondary

#4E7DB9

accent

#8AE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110B05

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5C21

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

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