#8E5D21#8E5D21

#8E5D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.098 H 67.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5D21
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 33)
HSL	hsl(33, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(33, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, 14.56, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 43.41, 70.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.0373 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.098 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3454, 13.6907, 3.2729)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5D21 #21528E

analogous

#8E2721 #8E5D21 #898E21

triadic

#8E5D21 #218E5D #5D218E

tetradic

#8E5D21 #218E27 #21528E #8E2189

square

#8E5D21 #218E27 #21528E #8E2189

split-complementary

#8E5D21 #21898E #27218E

monochromatic

#2B1C0A #5C3C15 #8E5D21 #C07E2D #D79B52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8E5D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8E5D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5D21

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5D21	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.098 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b60',
    500: '#8e5d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5d21;
$custom-light: #b48b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.028,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52075,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5D21

secondary

#5080BA

accent

#8CE542

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120B05

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5D21

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

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