#8E5E20#8E5E20

#8E5E20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.098 H 68.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E20
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 32)
HSL	hsl(34, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(34, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 13.93, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 43.87, 71.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.0353 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.098 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4199, 13.8619, 3.2297)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E20 #20508E

analogous

#8E2720 #8E5E20 #878E20

triadic

#8E5E20 #208E5E #5E208E

tetradic

#8E5E20 #208E27 #20508E #8E2087

square

#8E5E20 #208E27 #20508E #8E2087

split-complementary

#8E5E20 #20878E #27208E

monochromatic

#2A1C09 #5C3D15 #8E5E20 #C07F2B #D89D51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8E5E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8E5E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E20

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E20	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)

#6E6117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.098 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b60',
    500: '#8e5e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e20;
$custom-light: #b48b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52265,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E20

secondary

#4F7EBB

accent

#89E642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120C05

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E20

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

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