#8A6D21#8A6D21

#8A6D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.098 H 87.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D21
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 3.40, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 44.59, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.0051 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.098 87)
XYZ	xyz(16.2254, 16.4514, 3.7594)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D21 #213E8A

analogous

#8A3821 #8A6D21 #728A21

triadic

#8A6D21 #218A6D #6D218A

tetradic

#8A6D21 #218A38 #213E8A #8A2172

square

#8A6D21 #218A38 #213E8A #8A2172

split-complementary

#8A6D21 #21728A #38218A

monochromatic

#271F09 #594615 #8A6D21 #BB942D #D5B050

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8A6D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8A6D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6D21

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6D21	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96635E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.098 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09662',
    500: '#8a6d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d21;
$custom-light: #b09662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54922,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.1645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D21

secondary

#4E6CB9

accent

#70E543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D21

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

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