#8E5239#8E5239

#8E5239 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.089 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5239
RGB	rgb(142, 82, 57)
HSL	hsl(18, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(18, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 59.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 22.49, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 33.86, 48.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.0649 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.089 43)
XYZ	xyz(14.9122, 12.0822, 5.4169)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5239 #39758E

analogous

#8E394B #8E5239 #8E7D39

triadic

#8E5239 #398E52 #52398E

tetradic

#8E5239 #4B8E39 #39758E #7D398E

square

#8E5239 #4B8E39 #39758E #7D398E

split-complementary

#8E5239 #398E7D #394B8E

monochromatic

#372016 #623927 #8E5239 #B76C4D #C99078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8E5239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8E5239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5239

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5239	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B474C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 82, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.089 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38370',
    500: '#8e5239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5239;
$custom-light: #b38370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50279,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.12081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5239

secondary

#719FB2

accent

#AED255

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEC

border

#D0CAC7

text

#110A07

muted

#807C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5239

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

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