#8E4E37#8E4E37

#8E4E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.093 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E37
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(16, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 24.61, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 35.28, 45.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% 0.0711 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.093 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5704, 11.4769, 5.0616)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E37 #37778E

analogous

#8E374B #8E4E37 #8E7937

triadic

#8E4E37 #378E4E #4E378E

tetradic

#8E4E37 #4B8E37 #37778E #79378E

square

#8E4E37 #4B8E37 #37778E #79378E

split-complementary

#8E4E37 #378E79 #374B8E

monochromatic

#361E15 #623626 #8E4E37 #B96749 #CA8C76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8E4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8E4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E37

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E37	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.093 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3806e',
    500: '#8e4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e37;
$custom-light: #b3806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.862,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49521,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E37

secondary

#6EA1B3

accent

#B2D454

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#120A07

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E37

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

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