#8E5B0E#8E5B0E

#8E5B0E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.107 H 70.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5B0E
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 14)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 90%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 90.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 15.06, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 49.96, 72.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.0365 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.107 70)
XYZ	xyz(14.9769, 13.2661, 2.1872)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5B0E #0E418E

analogous

#8E1B0E #8E5B0E #818E0E

triadic

#8E5B0E #0E8E5B #5B0E8E

tetradic

#8E5B0E #0E8E1B #0E418E #8E0E81

square

#8E5B0E #0E8E1B #0E418E #8E0E81

split-complementary

#8E5B0E #0E818E #1B0E8E

monochromatic

#1F1403 #563709 #8E5B0E #C67F13 #EA9F2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#8E5B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8E5B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5B0E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5B0E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.107 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58957',
    500: '#8e5b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5b0e;
$custom-light: #b58957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.094,
    "s": 82.051,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51553,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.13265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5B0E

secondary

#356DC3

accent

#7FF82F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B03

muted

#817C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5B0E

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

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