#8E591B#8E591B

#8E591B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.102 H 65.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E591B
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 27)
HSL	hsl(32, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(32, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 16.63, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 45.67, 68.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.0425 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.102 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9268, 12.9761, 2.7552)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E591B #1B508E

analogous

#8E201B #8E591B #898E1B

triadic

#8E591B #1B8E59 #591B8E

tetradic

#8E591B #1B8E20 #1B508E #8E1B89

square

#8E591B #1B8E20 #1B508E #8E1B89

split-complementary

#8E591B #1B898E #201B8E

monochromatic

#271907 #5B3911 #8E591B #C17925 #DC9847

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8E591B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8E591B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E591B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E591B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E591B	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e591b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.102 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4885c',
    500: '#8e591b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e591b;
$custom-light: #b4885c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e591b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.348,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51238,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E591B

secondary

#477EBE

accent

#8DEB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E591B

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

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