#8E5A20#8E5A20

#8E5A20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.099 H 64.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5A20
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 32)
HSL	hsl(32, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(32, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 16.26, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 43.72, 68.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.0422 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.099 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0734, 13.1688, 3.1142)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5A20 #20548E

analogous

#8E2320 #8E5A20 #8B8E20

triadic

#8E5A20 #208E5A #5A208E

tetradic

#8E5A20 #208E23 #20548E #8E208B

square

#8E5A20 #208E23 #20548E #8E208B

split-complementary

#8E5A20 #208B8E #23208E

monochromatic

#2A1B09 #5C3A15 #8E5A20 #C07A2B #D89851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8E5A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8E5A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5A20

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5A20	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.099 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4885f',
    500: '#8e5a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5a20;
$custom-light: #b4885f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.636,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51475,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5A20

secondary

#4F82BB

accent

#8FE642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5A20

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