#8E4420#8E4420

#8E4420 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.112 H 44.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4420
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 32)
HSL	hsl(20, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(20, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 28.77, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 45.56, 50.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.0796 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.112 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.4845, 9.9910, 2.5846)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4420 #206A8E

analogous

#8E2033 #8E4420 #8E7B20

triadic

#8E4420 #208E44 #44208E

tetradic

#8E4420 #338E20 #206A8E #7B208E

square

#8E4420 #338E20 #206A8E #7B208E

split-complementary

#8E4420 #208E7B #20338E

monochromatic

#2A1409 #5C2C15 #8E4420 #C05C2B #D87D51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8E4420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8E4420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4420

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4420	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)

#594F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C343C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.112 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5795e',
    500: '#8e4420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4420;
$custom-light: #b5795e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.636,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47479,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4420

secondary

#4F98BB

accent

#B0E642

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4420

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

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