#8E541A#8E541A

#8E541A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.104 H 60.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E541A
RGB	rgb(142, 84, 26)
HSL	hsl(30, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(30, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 19.48, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 46.12, 65.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.0508 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.104 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5134, 12.1675, 2.5613)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E541A #1A548E

analogous

#8E1A1A #8E541A #8E8E1A

triadic

#8E541A #1A8E54 #541A8E

tetradic

#8E541A #1A8E1A #1A548E #8E1A8E

square

#8E541A #1A8E1A #1A548E #8E1A8E

split-complementary

#8E541A #1A8E8E #1A1A8E

monochromatic

#271707 #5A3511 #8E541A #C27323 #DD9145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#8E541A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8E541A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E541A

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E541A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E541A	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e541a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 84, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.104 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5845b',
    500: '#8e541a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e541a;
$custom-light: #b5845b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e541a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50271,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E541A

secondary

#4582BE

accent

#94EC3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E541A

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

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