#8E5231#8E5231

#8E5231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.093 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5231
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(21, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 21.88, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 36.96, 53.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.0617 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.093 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7281, 12.0086, 4.4474)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5231 #316D8E

analogous

#8E313F #8E5231 #8E8031

triadic

#8E5231 #318E52 #52318E

tetradic

#8E5231 #3F8E31 #316D8E #80318E

square

#8E5231 #3F8E31 #316D8E #80318E

split-complementary

#8E5231 #318E80 #313F8E

monochromatic

#331D12 #613821 #8E5231 #BB6C41 #CD8F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8E5231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8E5231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5231

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5231	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.093 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3836a',
    500: '#8e5231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5231;
$custom-light: #b3836a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50152,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5231

secondary

#6799B4

accent

#A8D850

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120A06

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5231

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

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