#8E5E15#8E5E15

#8E5E15 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.104 H 71.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E5E15
RGBrgb(142, 94, 21)
HSLhsl(36, 74%, 32%)
HSVhsv(36, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33.8%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(43.96, 13.50, 46.01)
CIE-LCHlch(43.96, 47.95, 73.65°)
OKLaboklab(52.19% 0.0327 0.0984)
OKLCHoklch(52.19% 0.104 71.6)
XYZxyz(15.2946, 13.8118, 2.5698)
Luminance0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E5E15 #15458E
analogous
#8E2115 #8E5E15 #828E15
triadic
#8E5E15 #158E5E #5E158E
tetradic
#8E5E15 #158E21 #15458E #8E1582
square
#8E5E15 #158E21 #15458E #8E1582
split-complementary
#8E5E15 #15828E #21158E
monochromatic
#231705 #593B0D #8E5E15 #C3811D #E2A03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58
#8E5E15 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76
#8E5E15 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E15
5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E5E15#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E5E151.005.583.765.58
#FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00
#0000003.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6F6105
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A6C18
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B5250
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e5e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.104 71.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b5a',
    500: '#8e5e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e5e15;
$custom-light: #b48b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e5e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.198,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52186,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E5E15
secondary
#3D72C2
accent
#81F137
background
#FBF8F5
surface
#F6F0E9
border
#D0CBC5
text
#120C04
muted
#817D79

Preview Lab

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#8E5E15 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva