#8E685A#8E685A

#8E685A is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.054 H 41.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E685A
RGB	rgb(142, 104, 90)
HSL	hsl(16, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 37%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 36.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 13.24, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 19.17, 46.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.0405 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.054 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9517, 16.3907, 11.8890)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E685A #5A808E

analogous

#8E5A66 #8E685A #8E825A

triadic

#8E685A #5A8E68 #685A8E

tetradic

#8E685A #668E5A #5A808E #825A8E

square

#8E685A #668E5A #5A808E #825A8E

split-complementary

#8E685A #5A8E82 #5A668E

monochromatic

#43312B #694D42 #8E685A #AB877A #C3A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8E685A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8E685A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E685A

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E685A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E685A	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e685a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 104, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.054 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09388',
    500: '#8e685a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e685a;
$custom-light: #b09388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e685a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55225,
    "c": 0.05369,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E685A

secondary

#93A9B1

accent

#A8BF69

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#110D0B

muted

#807E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E685A

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

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