#8E6F40#8E6F40

#8E6F40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.075 H 76.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6F40
RGB	rgb(142, 111, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 6.26, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 31.27, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.0173 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.075 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7660, 17.4909, 7.2898)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6F40 #405F8E

analogous

#8E4840 #8E6F40 #868E40

triadic

#8E6F40 #408E6F #6F408E

tetradic

#8E6F40 #408E48 #405F8E #8E4086

square

#8E6F40 #408E48 #405F8E #8E4086

split-complementary

#8E6F40 #40868E #48408E

monochromatic

#3A2D1A #644E2D #8E6F40 #B48F58 #C7AB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8E6F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8E6F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6F40

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6F40	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 111, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.075 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19876',
    500: '#8e6f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6f40;
$custom-light: #b19876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.154,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56158,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6F40

secondary

#798FB1

accent

#88CE5A

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#110D08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6F40

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

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