#8E5522#8E5522

#8E5522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.100 H 59.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5522
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(28, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, 19.25, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 42.96, 63.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% 0.0514 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.1 59)
XYZ	xyz(14.6938, 12.3648, 3.1259)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5522 #225B8E

analogous

#8E2225 #8E5522 #8E8B22

triadic

#8E5522 #228E55 #55228E

tetradic

#8E5522 #258E22 #225B8E #8B228E

square

#8E5522 #258E22 #225B8E #8B228E

split-complementary

#8E5522 #228E8B #22258E

monochromatic

#2B1A0A #5D3716 #8E5522 #BF732E #D69254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#8E5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8E5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5522

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5522	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)

#665B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.100 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48560',
    500: '#8e5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5522;
$custom-light: #b48560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5053,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.12363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5522

secondary

#5289BA

accent

#98E443

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5522

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

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