#8E6221#8E6221

#8E6221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.098 H 72.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6221
RGB	rgb(142, 98, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 11.65, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 43.76, 74.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.0288 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.098 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7987, 14.5973, 3.4240)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6221 #214D8E

analogous

#8E2C21 #8E6221 #848E21

triadic

#8E6221 #218E62 #62218E

tetradic

#8E6221 #218E2C #214D8E #8E2184

square

#8E6221 #218E2C #214D8E #8E2184

split-complementary

#8E6221 #21848E #2C218E

monochromatic

#2B1D0A #5C4015 #8E6221 #C0842D #D7A152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8E6221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8E6221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6221

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6221	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 98, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.098 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38e61',
    500: '#8e6221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6221;
$custom-light: #b38e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.78,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53081,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6221

secondary

#507BBA

accent

#84E542

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120C05

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6221

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

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