#8E5519#8E5519

#8E5519 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.104 H 62.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5519
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 25)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 18.87, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 46.45, 66.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.0489 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.104 62)
XYZ	xyz(14.5805, 12.3195, 2.5295)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5519 #19528E

analogous

#8E1A19 #8E5519 #8D8E19

triadic

#8E5519 #198E55 #55198E

tetradic

#8E5519 #198E1A #19528E #8E198D

square

#8E5519 #198E1A #19528E #8E198D

split-complementary

#8E5519 #198D8E #1A198E

monochromatic

#261707 #5A3610 #8E5519 #C27422 #DE9343

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#8E5519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8E5519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5519

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5519	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.104 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5855b',
    500: '#8e5519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5519;
$custom-light: #b5855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.769,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50453,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.12318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5519

secondary

#4480BF

accent

#92ED3B

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5519

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

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