#8E5B20#8E5B20

#8E5B20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.099 H 65.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5B20
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 32)
HSL	hsl(32, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(32, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, 15.68, 40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 43.75, 69.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.0404 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.099 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1583, 13.3387, 3.1425)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5B20 #20538E

analogous

#8E2420 #8E5B20 #8A8E20

triadic

#8E5B20 #208E5B #5B208E

tetradic

#8E5B20 #208E24 #20538E #8E208A

square

#8E5B20 #208E24 #20538E #8E208A

split-complementary

#8E5B20 #208A8E #24208E

monochromatic

#2A1B09 #5C3B15 #8E5B20 #C07B2B #D89951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8E5B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8E5B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5B20

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5B20	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.099 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4895f',
    500: '#8e5b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5b20;
$custom-light: #b4895f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.182,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51671,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5B20

secondary

#4F81BB

accent

#8EE642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5B20

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