#8A5E21#8A5E21

#8A5E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.095 H 71.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E21
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 12.13, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 42.25, 73.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.0304 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.095 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7595, 13.5198, 3.2708)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E21 #214D8A

analogous

#8A2921 #8A5E21 #818A21

triadic

#8A5E21 #218A5E #5E218A

tetradic

#8A5E21 #218A29 #214D8A #8A2181

square

#8A5E21 #218A29 #214D8A #8A2181

split-complementary

#8A5E21 #21818A #29218A

monochromatic

#271B09 #593C15 #8A5E21 #BB802D #D59D50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8A5E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E21

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E21	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.095 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08b60',
    500: '#8a5e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e21;
$custom-light: #b08b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5177,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E21

secondary

#4E7BB9

accent

#87E543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E21

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

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