#8E5E22#8E5E22

#8E5E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.097 H 68.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E22
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(33, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(33, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 14.03, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 43.05, 70.98°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.0359 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.097 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4479, 13.8731, 3.3773)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E22 #22528E

analogous

#8E2822 #8E5E22 #888E22

triadic

#8E5E22 #228E5E #5E228E

tetradic

#8E5E22 #228E28 #22528E #8E2288

square

#8E5E22 #228E28 #22528E #8E2288

split-complementary

#8E5E22 #22888E #28228E

monochromatic

#2B1D0A #5D3D16 #8E5E22 #BF7F2E #D69C54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8E5E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8E5E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E22

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E22	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E611A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.097 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b61',
    500: '#8e5e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e22;
$custom-light: #b48b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52283,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E22

secondary

#5280BA

accent

#8BE443

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120C05

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E22

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

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