#8E5232#8E5232

#8E5232 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.092 H 47.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5232
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(21, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 21.95, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 36.56, 53.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.0621 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.092 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7495, 12.0171, 4.5598)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5232 #326E8E

analogous

#8E3240 #8E5232 #8E8032

triadic

#8E5232 #328E52 #52328E

tetradic

#8E5232 #408E32 #326E8E #80328E

square

#8E5232 #408E32 #326E8E #80328E

split-complementary

#8E5232 #328E80 #32408E

monochromatic

#331E12 #613822 #8E5232 #BB6C42 #CC8F6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8E5232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8E5232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5232

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5232	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)

#63592F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.092 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3836b',
    500: '#8e5232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5232;
$custom-light: #b3836b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50167,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5232

secondary

#6899B4

accent

#A8D850

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120A06

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5232

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

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