#8E5E1C#8E5E1C

#8E5E1C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.100 H 70.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E1C
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 28)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 13.76, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 45.45, 72.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.0343 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.1 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3688, 13.8414, 2.9606)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E1C #1C4C8E

analogous

#8E251C #8E5E1C #858E1C

triadic

#8E5E1C #1C8E5E #5E1C8E

tetradic

#8E5E1C #1C8E25 #1C4C8E #8E1C85

square

#8E5E1C #1C8E25 #1C4C8E #8E1C85

split-complementary

#8E5E1C #1C858E #251C8E

monochromatic

#281A08 #5B3C12 #8E5E1C #C18026 #DB9E49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8E5E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8E5E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E1C

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E1C	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)

#6E6111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.100 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b5d',
    500: '#8e5e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e1c;
$custom-light: #b48b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52233,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E1C

secondary

#497ABD

accent

#86EA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E1C

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

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