#8E522F#8E522F

#8E522F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.094 H 49.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E522F
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(22, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 21.74, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 37.77, 54.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% 0.061 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.094 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6869, 11.9921, 4.2300)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E522F #2F6B8E

analogous

#8E2F3C #8E522F #8E822F

triadic

#8E522F #2F8E52 #522F8E

tetradic

#8E522F #3C8E2F #2F6B8E #822F8E

square

#8E522F #3C8E2F #2F6B8E #822F8E

split-complementary

#8E522F #2F8E82 #2F3C8E

monochromatic

#321D11 #603720 #8E522F #BC6D3E #CE8F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8E522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8E522F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E522F

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E522F	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.094 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38369',
    500: '#8e522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e522f;
$custom-light: #b38369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50123,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E522F

secondary

#6497B5

accent

#A6DA4E

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120A06

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E522F

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

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