#8E511C#8E511C

#8E511C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.104 H 57.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E511C
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 28)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(28, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 21.29, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 45.52, 62.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.73% 0.0565 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(49.73% 0.104 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3086, 11.7210, 2.6072)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E511C #1C598E

analogous

#8E1C20 #8E511C #8E8A1C

triadic

#8E511C #1C8E51 #511C8E

tetradic

#8E511C #208E1C #1C598E #8A1C8E

square

#8E511C #208E1C #1C598E #8A1C8E

split-complementary

#8E511C #1C8E8A #1C208E

monochromatic

#281708 #5B3412 #8E511C #C16E26 #DB8D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8E511C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8E511C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E511C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E511C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E511C	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e511c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.104 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5825c',
    500: '#8e511c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e511c;
$custom-light: #b5825c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e511c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.895,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49726,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E511C

secondary

#4987BD

accent

#9AEA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E511C

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

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