#8E5E1D#8E5E1D

#8E5E1D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.100 H 69.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E1D
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 29)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 13.80, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 45.06, 72.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.0345 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.1 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3810, 13.8463, 3.0247)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E1D #1D4D8E

analogous

#8E251D #8E5E1D #858E1D

triadic

#8E5E1D #1D8E5E #5E1D8E

tetradic

#8E5E1D #1D8E25 #1D4D8E #8E1D85

square

#8E5E1D #1D8E25 #1D4D8E #8E1D85

split-complementary

#8E5E1D #1D858E #251D8E

monochromatic

#281B08 #5B3C13 #8E5E1D #C18027 #DA9D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8E5E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8E5E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E1D

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E1D	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)

#6E6113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.100 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b5e',
    500: '#8e5e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e1d;
$custom-light: #b48b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.513,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52241,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E1D

secondary

#4A7BBD

accent

#87E93F

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C05

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E1D

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

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