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Spear Shaft

#8A5503

Contrast at a glance

White text

6.21:1AA

Black text

3.19:1AA large

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About Spear Shaft

Spear Shaft (#8A5503) is a dark vivid orange. Its RGB value is 138, 85, 3 and its HSL value is 36°, 96%, 28%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 6.21:1 (WCAG AA). Below are ten tints and shades of Spear Shaft, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#8A5503 · #03388A

Analogous

#8A1203 · #8A5503 · #7B8A03

Triadic

#8A5503 · #038A55 · #55038A

Split complementary

#8A5503 · #037B8A · #12038A

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