#8E591E#8E591E

#8E591E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.100 H 64.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E591E
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 30)
HSL	hsl(32, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(32, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 16.75, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 44.51, 67.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.0433 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.1 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9633, 12.9907, 2.9475)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E591E #1E538E

analogous

#8E211E #8E591E #8B8E1E

triadic

#8E591E #1E8E59 #591E8E

tetradic

#8E591E #1E8E21 #1E538E #8E1E8B

square

#8E591E #1E8E21 #1E538E #8E1E8B

split-complementary

#8E591E #1E8B8E #211E8E

monochromatic

#291A09 #5B3913 #8E591E #C17929 #D9974D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8E591E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8E591E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E591E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E591E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E591E	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)

#6A5E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e591e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.100 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4885e',
    500: '#8e591e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e591e;
$custom-light: #b4885e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e591e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.607,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51262,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E591E

secondary

#4C81BC

accent

#8FE840

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E591E

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

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