#8E5C2D#8E5C2D

#8E5C2D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.091 H 61.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5C2D
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 45)
HSL	hsl(29, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 15.82, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 38.20, 65.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.0429 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.091 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4572, 13.5959, 4.2923)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5C2D #2D5F8E

analogous

#8E2D2F #8E5C2D #8E8D2D

triadic

#8E5C2D #2D8E5C #5C2D8E

tetradic

#8E5C2D #2F8E2D #2D5F8E #8D2D8E

square

#8E5C2D #2F8E2D #2D5F8E #8D2D8E

split-complementary

#8E5C2D #2D8E8D #2D2F8E

monochromatic

#312010 #603E1E #8E5C2D #BC7A3C #CF9967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8E5C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8E5C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5C2D

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5C2D	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.091 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38a68',
    500: '#8e5c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5c2d;
$custom-light: #b38a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.072,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52005,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5C2D

secondary

#618DB5

accent

#96DB4C

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F6F0EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120B06

muted

#817C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5C2D

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

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