#8E531E#8E531E

#8E531E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.102 H 58.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E531E
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 30)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(28, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 20.22, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 44.63, 63.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% 0.0536 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.102 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4842, 12.0326, 2.7878)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E531E #1E598E

analogous

#8E1E21 #8E531E #8E8B1E

triadic

#8E531E #1E8E53 #531E8E

tetradic

#8E531E #218E1E #1E598E #8B1E8E

square

#8E531E #218E1E #1E598E #8B1E8E

split-complementary

#8E531E #1E8E8B #1E218E

monochromatic

#291809 #5B3513 #8E531E #C17129 #D98F4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8E531E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8E531E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E531E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E531E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E531E	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e531e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.102 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4835e',
    500: '#8e531e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e531e;
$custom-light: #b4835e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e531e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.393,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50116,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E531E

secondary

#4C87BC

accent

#98E840

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E531E

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