#8E4D21#8E4D21

#8E4D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.104 H 51.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4D21
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 33)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(24, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.87, 23.79, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.87, 43.92, 57.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.0648 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.104 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0850, 11.1699, 2.8528)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4D21 #21628E

analogous

#8E212C #8E4D21 #8E8421

triadic

#8E4D21 #218E4D #4D218E

tetradic

#8E4D21 #2C8E21 #21628E #84218E

square

#8E4D21 #2C8E21 #21628E #84218E

split-complementary

#8E4D21 #218E84 #212C8E

monochromatic

#2B170A #5C3215 #8E4D21 #C0682D #D78852

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#8E4D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8E4D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4D21

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4D21	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C3F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.104 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57f5f',
    500: '#8e4d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4d21;
$custom-light: #b57f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.22,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49044,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4D21

secondary

#5090BA

accent

#A4E542

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4D21

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