#8B542E#8B542E

#8B542E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.090 H 53.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B542E
RGB	rgb(139, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(25, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(25, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 19.19, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 36.81, 58.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0534 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.09 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3120, 12.0283, 4.1522)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B542E #2E658B

analogous

#8B2E37 #8B542E #8B832E

triadic

#8B542E #2E8B54 #542E8B

tetradic

#8B542E #378B2E #2E658B #832E8B

square

#8B542E #378B2E #2E658B #832E8B

split-complementary

#8B542E #2E8B83 #2E378B

monochromatic

#2F1C10 #5D381F #8B542E #B9703D #CD9067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8B542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B542E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B542E	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.090 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18468',
    500: '#8b542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b542e;
$custom-light: #b18468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.516,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50076,
    "c": 0.09022,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B542E

secondary

#6192B3

accent

#A1DA4E

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110B06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B542E

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

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