#8E5620#8E5620

#8E5620 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.100 H 60.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5620
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 32)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 18.58, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 43.74, 64.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% 0.049 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.1 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7450, 12.5121, 3.0048)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5620 #20588E

analogous

#8E2021 #8E5620 #8E8D20

triadic

#8E5620 #208E56 #56208E

tetradic

#8E5620 #218E20 #20588E #8D208E

square

#8E5620 #218E20 #20588E #8D208E

split-complementary

#8E5620 #208E8D #20218E

monochromatic

#2A1A09 #5C3815 #8E5620 #C0742B #D89351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8E5620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8E5620 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5620

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5620	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)

#675B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.100 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4865f',
    500: '#8e5620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5620;
$custom-light: #b4865f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.455,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50702,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5620

secondary

#4F86BB

accent

#95E642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5620

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

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