#8E6522#8E6522

#8E6522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.097 H 75.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6522
RGB	rgb(142, 101, 34)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 9.95, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 43.67, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.0239 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.097 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0989, 15.1749, 3.5942)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6522 #224B8E

analogous

#8E2F22 #8E6522 #818E22

triadic

#8E6522 #228E65 #65228E

tetradic

#8E6522 #228E2F #224B8E #8E2281

square

#8E6522 #228E2F #224B8E #8E2281

split-complementary

#8E6522 #22818E #2F228E

monochromatic

#2B1F0A #5D4216 #8E6522 #BF882E #D6A554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8E6522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8E6522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6522

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6522	1.00	5.20	4.03	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 101, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.097 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39062',
    500: '#8e6522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6522;
$custom-light: #b39062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53704,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6522

secondary

#5279BA

accent

#81E443

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120C05

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6522

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

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