#8E5B23#8E5B23

#8E5B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.097 H 64.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5B23
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(31, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(31, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, 15.82, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 42.51, 68.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.0413 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.097 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2010, 13.3557, 3.3671)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5B23 #23568E

analogous

#8E2623 #8E5B23 #8C8E23

triadic

#8E5B23 #238E5B #5B238E

tetradic

#8E5B23 #238E26 #23568E #8E238C

square

#8E5B23 #238E26 #23568E #8E238C

split-complementary

#8E5B23 #238C8E #26238E

monochromatic

#2C1C0B #5D3C17 #8E5B23 #BF7A2F #D59956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#8E5B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8E5B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5B23

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5B23	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.097 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48961',
    500: '#8e5b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5b23;
$custom-light: #b48961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.402,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51698,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5B23

secondary

#5384B9

accent

#90E444

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5B23

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

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