#8E551E#8E551E

#8E551E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.102 H 60.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E551E
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 30)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.76, 19.07, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.76, 44.56, 64.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.0502 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.102 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6394, 12.3430, 2.8395)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E551E #1E578E

analogous

#8E1E1F #8E551E #8E8D1E

triadic

#8E551E #1E8E55 #551E8E

tetradic

#8E551E #1F8E1E #1E578E #8D1E8E

square

#8E551E #1F8E1E #1E578E #8D1E8E

split-complementary

#8E551E #1E8E8D #1E1F8E

monochromatic

#291909 #5B3713 #8E551E #C17329 #D9924D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#8E551E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8E551E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E551E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E551E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E551E	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e551e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.102 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4855e',
    500: '#8e551e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e551e;
$custom-light: #b4855e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e551e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.464,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50493,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E551E

secondary

#4C85BC

accent

#95E840

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E551E

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

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