#8E591C#8E591C

#8E591C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.101 H 65.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E591C
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 28)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(32, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 16.67, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 45.29, 68.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.0428 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.101 65)
XYZ	xyz(14.9385, 12.9808, 2.8172)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E591C #1C518E

analogous

#8E201C #8E591C #8A8E1C

triadic

#8E591C #1C8E59 #591C8E

tetradic

#8E591C #1C8E20 #1C518E #8E1C8A

square

#8E591C #1C8E20 #1C518E #8E1C8A

split-complementary

#8E591C #1C8A8E #201C8E

monochromatic

#281908 #5B3912 #8E591C #C17926 #DB9749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8E591C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8E591C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E591C

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E591C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E591C	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)

#6A5D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e591c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.101 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4885d',
    500: '#8e591c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e591c;
$custom-light: #b4885d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e591c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.105,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51246,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.12979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E591C

secondary

#497FBD

accent

#8EEA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E591C

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

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