#8A6421#8A6421

#8A6421 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.095 H 77.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6421
RGB	rgb(138, 100, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 8.62, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 42.93, 78.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.0202 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.095 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3140, 14.6286, 3.4556)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6421 #21478A

analogous

#8A2F21 #8A6421 #7B8A21

triadic

#8A6421 #218A64 #64218A

tetradic

#8A6421 #218A2F #21478A #8A217B

square

#8A6421 #218A2F #21478A #8A217B

split-complementary

#8A6421 #217B8A #2F218A

monochromatic

#271C09 #594015 #8A6421 #BB882D #D5A550

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8A6421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8A6421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6421

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6421	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 100, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.095 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09061',
    500: '#8a6421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6421;
$custom-light: #b09061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53008,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6421

secondary

#4E75B9

accent

#7EE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6421

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

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