#8A621B#8A621B

#8A621B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.098 H 77.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A621B
RGB	rgb(138, 98, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 9.52, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 45.07, 77.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.022 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.098 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0478, 14.2190, 2.9887)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A621B #1B438A

analogous

#8A2A1B #8A621B #7B8A1B

triadic

#8A621B #1B8A62 #621B8A

tetradic

#8A621B #1B8A2A #1B438A #8A1B7B

square

#8A621B #1B8A2A #1B438A #8A1B7B

split-complementary

#8A621B #1B7B8A #2A1B8A

monochromatic

#241907 #573E11 #8A621B #BD8625 #DBA545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8A621B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8A621B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A621B

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A621B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A621B	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71640F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a621b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 98, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.098 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18e5d',
    500: '#8a621b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a621b;
$custom-light: #b18e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a621b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.378,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52543,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A621B

secondary

#4570BC

accent

#7CEA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

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