#8E5E1A#8E5E1A

#8E5E1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.101 H 70.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E1A
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 26)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 13.68, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 46.20, 72.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.22% 0.0338 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(52.22% 0.101 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3457, 13.8322, 2.8388)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E1A #1A4A8E

analogous

#8E241A #8E5E1A #848E1A

triadic

#8E5E1A #1A8E5E #5E1A8E

tetradic

#8E5E1A #1A8E24 #1A4A8E #8E1A84

square

#8E5E1A #1A8E24 #1A4A8E #8E1A84

split-complementary

#8E5E1A #1A848E #241A8E

monochromatic

#271A07 #5A3C11 #8E5E1A #C28023 #DD9E45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8E5E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8E5E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E1A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E1A	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E610E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.101 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b5c',
    500: '#8e5e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e1a;
$custom-light: #b48b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52218,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E1A

secondary

#4577BE

accent

#85EC3C

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E1A

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

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