#8A6C21#8A6C21

#8A6C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.098 H 86.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6C21
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 3.97, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 44.37, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.0067 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.098 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1193, 16.2393, 3.7240)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6C21 #213F8A

analogous

#8A3721 #8A6C21 #738A21

triadic

#8A6C21 #218A6C #6C218A

tetradic

#8A6C21 #218A37 #213F8A #8A2173

square

#8A6C21 #218A37 #213F8A #8A2173

split-complementary

#8A6C21 #21738A #37218A

monochromatic

#271F09 #594515 #8A6C21 #BB932D #D5AF50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A6C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A6C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6C21

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6C21	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96625D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.098 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09562',
    500: '#8a6c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6c21;
$custom-light: #b09562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54706,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6C21

secondary

#4E6DB9

accent

#71E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6C21

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

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