#8E4E38#8E4E38

#8E4E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.093 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E38
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(15, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 24.69, 24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 34.93, 45.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.0715 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.093 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5946, 11.4866, 5.1891)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E38 #38788E

analogous

#8E384D #8E4E38 #8E7938

triadic

#8E4E38 #388E4E #4E388E

tetradic

#8E4E38 #4D8E38 #38788E #79388E

square

#8E4E38 #4D8E38 #38788E #79388E

split-complementary

#8E4E38 #388E79 #384D8E

monochromatic

#361E15 #623627 #8E4E38 #B8674B #C98C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8E4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8E4E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E38

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E38	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)

#5F5736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.093 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3806f',
    500: '#8e4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e38;
$custom-light: #b3806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.349,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49539,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E38

secondary

#6FA1B2

accent

#B3D355

background

#FBF7F6

surface

#F6EEEC

border

#D0C9C7

text

#120A07

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E38

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

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