#8E5840#8E5840

#8E5840 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.080 H 44.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5840
RGB	rgb(142, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(18, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 19.64, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 30.38, 49.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.0573 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.08 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5714, 13.1018, 6.5583)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5840 #40768E

analogous

#8E404F #8E5840 #8E7F40

triadic

#8E5840 #408E58 #58408E

tetradic

#8E5840 #4F8E40 #40768E #7F408E

square

#8E5840 #4F8E40 #40768E #7F408E

split-complementary

#8E5840 #408E7F #404F8E

monochromatic

#3A241A #643E2D #8E5840 #B47458 #C79782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8E5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8E5840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5840

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5840	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.080 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28775',
    500: '#8e5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5840;
$custom-light: #b28775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51525,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5840

secondary

#79A0B1

accent

#AACE5A

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6EFED

border

#D0CAC8

text

#110B08

muted

#807C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5840

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

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