#8E5220#8E5220

#8E5220 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.102 H 56.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5220
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 32)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 20.89, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 43.90, 61.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.0559 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.102 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4346, 11.8912, 2.9013)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5220 #205C8E

analogous

#8E2025 #8E5220 #8E8920

triadic

#8E5220 #208E52 #52208E

tetradic

#8E5220 #258E20 #205C8E #89208E

square

#8E5220 #258E20 #205C8E #89208E

split-complementary

#8E5220 #208E89 #20258E

monochromatic

#2A1809 #5C3515 #8E5220 #C06F2B #D88E51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8E5220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8E5220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5220

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5220	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.102 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4835f',
    500: '#8e5220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5220;
$custom-light: #b4835f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49948,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5220

secondary

#4F8ABB

accent

#9BE642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5220

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

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