#8E561E#8E561E
#8E561E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.101 H 61.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8E561E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 86, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 65%, 34%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 79%, 56%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 78.9%, 44.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.00, 18.49, 40.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(42.00, 44.53, 65.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(50.68% 0.0485 0.0889) |
| OKLCH | oklch(50.68% 0.101 61.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.7187, 12.5016, 2.8659) |
| Luminance | 0.1250 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sepia
#985E2B
ΔE00 3.43
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 4.00
Warm Brown
#964E02
ΔE00 4.06
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 4.47
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 6.33
Raw Umber
#A75E09
ΔE00 6.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8E561E #1E568E
analogous
#8E1E1E #8E561E #8E8E1E
triadic
#8E561E #1E8E56 #561E8E
tetradic
#8E561E #1E8E1E #1E568E #8E1E8E
square
#8E561E #1E8E1E #1E568E #8E1E8E
split-complementary
#8E561E #1E8E8E #1E1E8E
monochromatic
#291909 #5B3713 #8E561E #C17529 #D9934D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
6.00
#8E561E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
3.50
#8E561E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8E561E
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8E561E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8E561E | 1.00 | 6.00 | 3.50 | 6.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 6.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 3.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 6.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#675B16
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#75681F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9C494B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8e561e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 30); /* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.101 61.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b4865e',
500: '#8e561e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8e561e; $custom-light: #b4865e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8e561e",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 86,
"b": 30
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 65.116,
"l": 33.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.50684,
"c": 0.10124,
"h": 61.4
},
"luminance": 0.125
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8E561E
secondary
#4C84BC
accent
#94E840
background
#FBF8F5
surface
#F6EFE9
border
#D0CAC5
text
#120B04
muted
#817C79