#8E5524#8E5524

#8E5524 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.099 H 58.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5524
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 36)
HSL	hsl(28, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(28, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 19.36, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 42.13, 62.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.052 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.099 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7235, 12.3767, 3.2823)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5524 #245D8E

analogous

#8E2428 #8E5524 #8E8A24

triadic

#8E5524 #248E55 #55248E

tetradic

#8E5524 #288E24 #245D8E #8A248E

square

#8E5524 #288E24 #245D8E #8A248E

split-complementary

#8E5524 #248E8A #24288E

monochromatic

#2C1B0B #5D3818 #8E5524 #BF7230 #D59158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#8E5524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8E5524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5524

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5524	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.099 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48561',
    500: '#8e5524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5524;
$custom-light: #b48561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.736,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50551,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5524

secondary

#558BB9

accent

#9AE345

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5524

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

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