#8A6B21#8A6B21

#8A6B21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.097 H 85.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6B21
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 4.55, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 44.16, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.0084 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.097 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0144, 16.0296, 3.6891)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6B21 #21408A

analogous

#8A3621 #8A6B21 #748A21

triadic

#8A6B21 #218A6B #6B218A

tetradic

#8A6B21 #218A36 #21408A #8A2174

square

#8A6B21 #218A36 #21408A #8A2174

split-complementary

#8A6B21 #21748A #36218A

monochromatic

#271E09 #594515 #8A6B21 #BB912D #D5AE50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#8A6B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8A6B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6B21

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6B21	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.097 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09562',
    500: '#8a6b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6b21;
$custom-light: #b09562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54491,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6B21

secondary

#4E6EB9

accent

#73E543

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6B21

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

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