#8A6E21#8A6E21

#8A6E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.099 H 88.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6E21
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 2.82, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 44.82, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.0034 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.099 88)
XYZ	xyz(16.3326, 16.6660, 3.7952)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6E21 #213D8A

analogous

#8A3921 #8A6E21 #718A21

triadic

#8A6E21 #218A6E #6E218A

tetradic

#8A6E21 #218A39 #213D8A #8A2171

square

#8A6E21 #218A39 #213D8A #8A2171

split-complementary

#8A6E21 #21718A #39218A

monochromatic

#271F09 #594715 #8A6E21 #BB952D #D5B250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8A6E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8A6E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6E21

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6E21	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96645F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.099 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09762',
    500: '#8a6e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6e21;
$custom-light: #b09762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55139,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.16665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6E21

secondary

#4E6BB9

accent

#6EE543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6E21

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

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