#8E561B#8E561B

#8E561B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.103 H 62.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E561B
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 27)
HSL	hsl(31, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 18.37, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 45.69, 66.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.0477 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.103 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6822, 12.4870, 2.6737)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E561B #1B538E

analogous

#8E1D1B #8E561B #8C8E1B

triadic

#8E561B #1B8E56 #561B8E

tetradic

#8E561B #1B8E1D #1B538E #8E1B8C

square

#8E561B #1B8E1D #1B538E #8E1B8C

split-complementary

#8E561B #1B8C8E #1D1B8E

monochromatic

#271807 #5B3711 #8E561B #C17525 #DC9447

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8E561B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8E561B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E561B

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E561B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E561B	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e561b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.103 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4865c',
    500: '#8e561b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e561b;
$custom-light: #b4865c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e561b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.783,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50659,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E561B

secondary

#4781BE

accent

#92EB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E561B

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

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