#8E5722#8E5722

#8E5722 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.099 H 61.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5722
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 34)
HSL	hsl(29, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 18.10, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 42.91, 65.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.0479 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.099 61)
XYZ	xyz(14.8535, 12.6841, 3.1791)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5722 #22598E

analogous

#8E2223 #8E5722 #8E8D22

triadic

#8E5722 #228E57 #57228E

tetradic

#8E5722 #238E22 #22598E #8D228E

square

#8E5722 #238E22 #22598E #8D228E

split-complementary

#8E5722 #228E8D #22238E

monochromatic

#2B1A0A #5D3916 #8E5722 #BF752E #D69454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8E5722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8E5722 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5722

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5722	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.099 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48660',
    500: '#8e5722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5722;
$custom-light: #b48660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50912,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.12683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5722

secondary

#5287BA

accent

#95E443

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5722

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

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