#8A6A21#8A6A21

#8A6A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.097 H 84.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6A21
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 5.13, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 43.96, 83.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.0101 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.097 84)
XYZ	xyz(15.9108, 15.8223, 3.6545)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6A21 #21418A

analogous

#8A3521 #8A6A21 #758A21

triadic

#8A6A21 #218A6A #6A218A

tetradic

#8A6A21 #218A35 #21418A #8A2175

square

#8A6A21 #218A35 #21418A #8A2175

split-complementary

#8A6A21 #21758A #35218A

monochromatic

#271E09 #594415 #8A6A21 #BB902D #D5AD50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8A6A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8A6A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6A21

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6A21	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.097 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09461',
    500: '#8a6a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6a21;
$custom-light: #b09461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54277,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.15821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6A21

secondary

#4E6FB9

accent

#74E543

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6A21

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

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