#8E551A#8E551A

#8E551A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.103 H 61.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E551A
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 26)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.73, 18.91, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.73, 46.08, 65.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% 0.0491 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.104 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5915, 12.3239, 2.5874)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E551A #1A538E

analogous

#8E1B1A #8E551A #8D8E1A

triadic

#8E551A #1A8E55 #551A8E

tetradic

#8E551A #1A8E1B #1A538E #8E1A8D

square

#8E551A #1A8E1B #1A538E #8E1A8D

split-complementary

#8E551A #1A8D8E #1B1A8E

monochromatic

#271707 #5A3611 #8E551A #C27423 #DD9345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#8E551A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8E551A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E551A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E551A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E551A	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)

#675A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e551a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.103 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4855b',
    500: '#8e551a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e551a;
$custom-light: #b4855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e551a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.517,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50461,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E551A

secondary

#4581BE

accent

#92EC3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E551A

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

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