#8E4E29#8E4E29

#8E4E29 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.100 H 48.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E29
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 41)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 23.65, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 40.63, 54.41°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.0657 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.1 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2812, 11.3612, 3.5382)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E29 #29698E

analogous

#8E2936 #8E4E29 #8E8029

triadic

#8E4E29 #298E4E #4E298E

tetradic

#8E4E29 #368E29 #29698E #80298E

square

#8E4E29 #368E29 #29698E #80298E

split-complementary

#8E4E29 #298E80 #29368E

monochromatic

#2F1A0E #5F341B #8E4E29 #BD6837 #D18A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8E4E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8E4E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E29

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E29	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.100 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48064',
    500: '#8e4e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e29;
$custom-light: #b48064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.98,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49314,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E29

secondary

#5C96B7

accent

#A8DF49

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEB

border

#D0C9C6

text

#120A05

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E29

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

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