#8C522E#8C522E

#8C522E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.092 H 51.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C522E
RGB	rgb(140, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 67.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 20.79, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 37.36, 56.18°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.0581 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.092 51)
XYZ	xyz(14.3268, 11.8087, 4.1090)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C522E #2E688C

analogous

#8C2E39 #8C522E #8C812E

triadic

#8C522E #2E8C52 #522E8C

tetradic

#8C522E #398C2E #2E688C #812E8C

square

#8C522E #398C2E #2E688C #812E8C

split-complementary

#8C522E #2E8C81 #2E398C

monochromatic

#301C10 #5E371F #8C522E #BA6D3D #CD8E67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8C522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8C522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C522E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C522E	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70652E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.092 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28368',
    500: '#8c522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c522e;
$custom-light: #b28368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.979,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49834,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.11807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C522E

secondary

#6295B4

accent

#A4DA4E

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#110A06

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C522E

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

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