#8A6521#8A6521

#8A6521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.095 H 78.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6521
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.39, 8.04, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.39, 43.08, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.0185 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.095 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4105, 14.8216, 3.4878)
Luminance	0.1482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6521 #21468A

analogous

#8A3021 #8A6521 #7A8A21

triadic

#8A6521 #218A65 #65218A

tetradic

#8A6521 #218A30 #21468A #8A217A

square

#8A6521 #218A30 #21468A #8A217A

split-complementary

#8A6521 #217A8A #30218A

monochromatic

#271D09 #594115 #8A6521 #BB892D #D5A650

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8A6521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8A6521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6521

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6521	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.095 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09061',
    500: '#8a6521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6521;
$custom-light: #b09061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53217,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6521

secondary

#4E74B9

accent

#7CE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6521

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

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