#8E5622#8E5622

#8E5622 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.099 H 60.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5622
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 34)
HSL	hsl(29, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 18.68, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 42.93, 64.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% 0.0496 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.099 60)
XYZ	xyz(14.7731, 12.5233, 3.1523)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5622 #225A8E

analogous

#8E2224 #8E5622 #8E8C22

triadic

#8E5622 #228E56 #56228E

tetradic

#8E5622 #248E22 #225A8E #8C228E

square

#8E5622 #248E22 #225A8E #8C228E

split-complementary

#8E5622 #228E8C #22248E

monochromatic

#2B1A0A #5D3816 #8E5622 #BF742E #D69354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8E5622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8E5622 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5622

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5622	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.099 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48660',
    500: '#8e5622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5622;
$custom-light: #b48660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50721,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.12522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5622

secondary

#5288BA

accent

#97E443

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5622

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

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