#8E5720#8E5720

#8E5720 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.100 H 61.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5720
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 32)
HSL	hsl(30, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 18.00, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 43.72, 65.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.0473 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.1 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8254, 12.6729, 3.0316)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5720 #20578E

analogous

#8E2020 #8E5720 #8E8E20

triadic

#8E5720 #208E57 #57208E

tetradic

#8E5720 #208E20 #20578E #8E208E

square

#8E5720 #208E20 #20578E #8E208E

split-complementary

#8E5720 #208E8E #20208E

monochromatic

#2A1A09 #5C3815 #8E5720 #C0762B #D89451

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8E5720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8E5720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5720

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5720	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.100 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4865f',
    500: '#8e5720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5720;
$custom-light: #b4865f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50893,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5720

secondary

#4F85BB

accent

#94E642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5720

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

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