#8E6D49#8E6D49

#8E6D49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.066 H 68.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6D49
RGB	rgb(142, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 48.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 8.31, 25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 26.43, 71.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.0245 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.066 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8273, 17.1702, 8.6772)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6D49 #496A8E

analogous

#8E4A49 #8E6D49 #8D8E49

triadic

#8E6D49 #498E6D #6D498E

tetradic

#8E6D49 #498E4A #496A8E #8E498D

square

#8E6D49 #498E4A #496A8E #8E498D

split-complementary

#8E6D49 #498D8E #4A498E

monochromatic

#3D2F1F #664E34 #8E6D49 #B08C65 #C4AA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8E6D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8E6D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6D49

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6D49	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80764A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.066 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1967c',
    500: '#8e6d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6d49;
$custom-light: #b1967c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5589,
    "c": 0.06596,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6D49

secondary

#8398B0

accent

#92C860

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#110D09

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6D49

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

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