#8E441B#8E441B

#8E441B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.113 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E441B
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 27)
HSL	hsl(21, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(21, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 28.56, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 47.39, 52.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.43% 0.0781 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(47.43% 0.113 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.4216, 9.9658, 2.2535)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E441B #1B658E

analogous

#8E1B2C #8E441B #8E7D1B

triadic

#8E441B #1B8E44 #441B8E

tetradic

#8E441B #2C8E1B #1B658E #7D1B8E

square

#8E441B #2C8E1B #1B658E #7D1B8E

split-complementary

#8E441B #1B8E7D #1B2C8E

monochromatic

#271307 #5B2B11 #8E441B #C15D25 #DC7C47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8E441B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8E441B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E441B

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E441B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E441B	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C343C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e441b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.113 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5795a',
    500: '#8e441b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e441b;
$custom-light: #b5795a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e441b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.391,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4743,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E441B

secondary

#4793BE

accent

#ADEB3D

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E441B

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

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