#8A6621#8A6621

#8A6621 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.096 H 79.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6621
RGB	rgb(138, 102, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 7.45, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 43.24, 80.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.0168 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.096 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5081, 15.0170, 3.5203)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6621 #21458A

analogous

#8A3121 #8A6621 #798A21

triadic

#8A6621 #218A66 #66218A

tetradic

#8A6621 #218A31 #21458A #8A2179

square

#8A6621 #218A31 #21458A #8A2179

split-complementary

#8A6621 #21798A #31218A

monochromatic

#271D09 #594115 #8A6621 #BB8B2D #D5A850

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8A6621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8A6621 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6621

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6621	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 102, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.096 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09161',
    500: '#8a6621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6621;
$custom-light: #b09161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53427,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6621

secondary

#4E73B9

accent

#7BE543

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110C05

muted

#807D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6621

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

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