#8E5A22#8E5A22

#8E5A22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.098 H 64.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5A22
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 34)
HSL	hsl(31, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 16.36, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 42.91, 67.59°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.0427 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.098 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1014, 13.1800, 3.2618)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5A22 #22568E

analogous

#8E2422 #8E5A22 #8C8E22

triadic

#8E5A22 #228E5A #5A228E

tetradic

#8E5A22 #228E24 #22568E #8E228C

square

#8E5A22 #228E24 #22568E #8E228C

split-complementary

#8E5A22 #228C8E #24228E

monochromatic

#2B1B0A #5D3B16 #8E5A22 #BF792E #D69854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8E5A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8E5A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5A22

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5A22	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.098 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48861',
    500: '#8e5a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5a22;
$custom-light: #b48861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51493,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5A22

secondary

#5284BA

accent

#91E443

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5A22

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

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