#8E552A#8E552A

#8E552A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.095 H 55.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E552A
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 42)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, 19.69, 34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 39.62, 60.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.054 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.095 55.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8229, 12.4164, 3.8060)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E552A #2A638E

analogous

#8E2A31 #8E552A #8E872A

triadic

#8E552A #2A8E55 #552A8E

tetradic

#8E552A #318E2A #2A638E #872A8E

square

#8E552A #318E2A #2A638E #872A8E

split-complementary

#8E552A #2A8E87 #2A318E

monochromatic

#301C0E #5F391C #8E552A #BD7138 #D19162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#8E552A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8E552A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E552A

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E552A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E552A	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e552a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.095 55.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48565',
    500: '#8e552a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e552a;
$custom-light: #b48565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e552a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50618,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 55.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E552A

secondary

#5D90B6

accent

#9EDE4A

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6EFEB

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B06

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E552A

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

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