#8E441E#8E441E

#8E441E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.112 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E441E
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 30)
HSL	hsl(20, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(20, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 28.68, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 46.29, 51.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% 0.079 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.112 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4581, 9.9804, 2.4458)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E441E #1E688E

analogous

#8E1E30 #8E441E #8E7C1E

triadic

#8E441E #1E8E44 #441E8E

tetradic

#8E441E #308E1E #1E688E #7C1E8E

square

#8E441E #308E1E #1E688E #7C1E8E

split-complementary

#8E441E #1E8E7C #1E308E

monochromatic

#291409 #5B2C13 #8E441E #C15C29 #D97D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8E441E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8E441E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E441E

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E441E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E441E	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C343C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e441e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.112 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5795c',
    500: '#8e441e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e441e;
$custom-light: #b5795c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e441e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.357,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47458,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E441E

secondary

#4C96BC

accent

#AFE840

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E441E

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