#8E511E#8E511E

#8E511E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.103 H 56.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E511E
RGB	rgb(142, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 21.37, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 44.75, 61.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.057 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.103 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3334, 11.7309, 2.7375)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E511E #1E5B8E

analogous

#8E1E23 #8E511E #8E891E

triadic

#8E511E #1E8E51 #511E8E

tetradic

#8E511E #238E1E #1E5B8E #891E8E

square

#8E511E #238E1E #1E5B8E #891E8E

split-complementary

#8E511E #1E8E89 #1E238E

monochromatic

#291709 #5B3413 #8E511E #C16E29 #D98D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8E511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8E511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E511E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E511E	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.103 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4825d',
    500: '#8e511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e511e;
$custom-light: #b4825d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.321,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49744,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E511E

secondary

#4C89BC

accent

#9BE840

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E511E

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

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