#8A6515#8A6515

#8A6515 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.102 H 81.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6515
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 21)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(41, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 84.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.31, 7.54, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.31, 47.60, 80.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% 0.0156 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.102 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2713, 14.7660, 2.7551)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6515 #153A8A

analogous

#8A2B15 #8A6515 #748A15

triadic

#8A6515 #158A65 #65158A

tetradic

#8A6515 #158A2B #153A8A #8A1574

square

#8A6515 #158A2B #153A8A #8A1574

split-complementary

#8A6515 #15748A #2B158A

monochromatic

#201705 #553E0D #8A6515 #BF8C1D #E1AC39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8A6515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8A6515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6515

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6515	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.102 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1905b',
    500: '#8a6515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6515;
$custom-light: #b1905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.026,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53132,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6515

secondary

#3D66BE

accent

#72F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110C04

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6515

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

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