#8E511D#8E511D

#8E511D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.104 H 56.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E511D
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 29)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(28, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 21.33, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 45.14, 61.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.0568 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.104 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3208, 11.7259, 2.6713)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E511D #1D5A8E

analogous

#8E1D21 #8E511D #8E891D

triadic

#8E511D #1D8E51 #511D8E

tetradic

#8E511D #218E1D #1D5A8E #891D8E

square

#8E511D #218E1D #1D5A8E #891D8E

split-complementary

#8E511D #1D8E89 #1D218E

monochromatic

#281708 #5B3413 #8E511D #C16E27 #DA8D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8E511D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8E511D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E511D

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E511D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E511D	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)

#635816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e511d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.104 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5825d',
    500: '#8e511d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e511d;
$custom-light: #b5825d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e511d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.611,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49735,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E511D

secondary

#4A88BD

accent

#9BE93F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E511D

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

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