#8E4C23#8E4C23

#8E4C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.104 H 49.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4C23
RGB	rgb(142, 76, 35)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 24.46, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 43.25, 55.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.0671 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.104 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0444, 11.0426, 2.9816)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4C23 #23658E

analogous

#8E232F #8E4C23 #8E8223

triadic

#8E4C23 #238E4C #4C238E

tetradic

#8E4C23 #2F8E23 #23658E #82238E

square

#8E4C23 #2F8E23 #23658E #82238E

split-complementary

#8E4C23 #238E82 #232F8E

monochromatic

#2C170B #5D3217 #8E4C23 #BF662F #D58756

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#8E4C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8E4C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4C23

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4C23	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F541E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C3E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 76, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.104 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47f60',
    500: '#8e4c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4c23;
$custom-light: #b47f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.991,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48886,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4C23

secondary

#5392B9

accent

#A7E444

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4C23

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

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