#8E591F#8E591F

#8E591F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.100 H 64.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E591F
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 31)
HSL	hsl(31, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(31, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 16.80, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 44.12, 67.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0436 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.1 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9762, 12.9959, 3.0158)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E591F #1F548E

analogous

#8E211F #8E591F #8C8E1F

triadic

#8E591F #1F8E59 #591F8E

tetradic

#8E591F #1F8E21 #1F548E #8E1F8C

square

#8E591F #1F8E21 #1F548E #8E1F8C

split-complementary

#8E591F #1F8C8E #211F8E

monochromatic

#2A1A09 #5C3A14 #8E591F #C0782A #D9974F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8E591F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8E591F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E591F

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E591F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E591F	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)

#6A5E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e591f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.100 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4885f',
    500: '#8e591f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e591f;
$custom-light: #b4885f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e591f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.351,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51271,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E591F

secondary

#4D82BB

accent

#90E741

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E591F

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

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