#8E5E1B#8E5E1B

#8E5E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.101 H 70.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E1B
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(35, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 13.72, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 45.83, 72.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.034 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.101 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3571, 13.8367, 2.8987)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E1B #1B4B8E

analogous

#8E251B #8E5E1B #848E1B

triadic

#8E5E1B #1B8E5E #5E1B8E

tetradic

#8E5E1B #1B8E25 #1B4B8E #8E1B84

square

#8E5E1B #1B8E25 #1B4B8E #8E1B84

split-complementary

#8E5E1B #1B848E #251B8E

monochromatic

#271A07 #5B3C11 #8E5E1B #C18025 #DC9E47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8E5E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8E5E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E1B

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E1B	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.101 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b5d',
    500: '#8e5e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e1b;
$custom-light: #b48b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.957,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52226,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E1B

secondary

#4779BE

accent

#86EB3D

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E1B

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

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