#8E685B#8E685B

#8E685B is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.053 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E685B
RGB	rgb(142, 104, 91)
HSL	hsl(15, 22%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 36%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 13.37, 13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 18.86, 44.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.0409 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.053 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9945, 16.4078, 12.1147)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E685B #5B818E

analogous

#8E5B67 #8E685B #8E815B

triadic

#8E685B #5B8E68 #685B8E

tetradic

#8E685B #678E5B #5B818E #815B8E

square

#8E685B #678E5B #5B818E #815B8E

split-complementary

#8E685B #5B8E81 #5B678E

monochromatic

#43312B #694D43 #8E685B #AB887B #C3A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8E685B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8E685B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E685B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E685B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E685B	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e685b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 104, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.053 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09389',
    500: '#8e685b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e685b;
$custom-light: #b09389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e685b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.294,
    "s": 21.888,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5525,
    "c": 0.05314,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E685B

secondary

#94A9B1

accent

#A9BE69

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#110D0B

muted

#807E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E685B

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

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