#8A6321#8A6321

#8A6321 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.095 H 76.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6321
RGB	rgb(138, 99, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 9.20, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 42.80, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% 0.0219 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.095 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2186, 14.4380, 3.4238)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6321 #21488A

analogous

#8A2E21 #8A6321 #7C8A21

triadic

#8A6321 #218A63 #63218A

tetradic

#8A6321 #218A2E #21488A #8A217C

square

#8A6321 #218A2E #21488A #8A217C

split-complementary

#8A6321 #217C8A #2E218A

monochromatic

#271C09 #594015 #8A6321 #BB862D #D5A450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8A6321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8A6321 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6321

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6321	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 99, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.095 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08f61',
    500: '#8a6321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6321;
$custom-light: #b08f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52799,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6321

secondary

#4E76B9

accent

#7FE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6321

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

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