#8E531A#8E531A

#8E531A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.104 H 59.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E531A
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 26)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(29, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 20.06, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 46.16, 64.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0525 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.104 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4363, 12.0134, 2.5356)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E531A #1A558E

analogous

#8E1A1B #8E531A #8E8D1A

triadic

#8E531A #1A8E53 #531A8E

tetradic

#8E531A #1B8E1A #1A558E #8D1A8E

square

#8E531A #1B8E1A #1A558E #8D1A8E

split-complementary

#8E531A #1A8E8D #1A1B8E

monochromatic

#271707 #5A3511 #8E531A #C27123 #DD9045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8E531A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8E531A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E531A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E531A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E531A	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)

#655911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e531a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.104 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5835b',
    500: '#8e531a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e531a;
$custom-light: #b5835b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e531a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.483,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50083,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E531A

secondary

#4583BE

accent

#95EC3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E531A

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