#8E5723#8E5723

#8E5723 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.098 H 60.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5723
RGB	rgb(142, 87, 35)
HSL	hsl(29, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(29, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 18.15, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 42.49, 64.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.0482 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.098 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8681, 12.6900, 3.2562)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5723 #235A8E

analogous

#8E2324 #8E5723 #8E8D23

triadic

#8E5723 #238E57 #57238E

tetradic

#8E5723 #248E23 #235A8E #8D238E

square

#8E5723 #248E23 #235A8E #8D238E

split-complementary

#8E5723 #238E8D #23248E

monochromatic

#2C1B0B #5D3917 #8E5723 #BF752F #D59456

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8E5723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8E5723 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5723

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5723	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)

#685C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 87, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.098 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48661',
    500: '#8e5723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5723;
$custom-light: #b48661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.159,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50922,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5723

secondary

#5388B9

accent

#96E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFEA

border

#D0CAC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5723

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

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