#8E752E#8E752E

#8E752E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.094 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E752E
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 1.41, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 41.59, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.0008 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.094 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0107, 18.6717, 5.2396)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E752E #2E478E

analogous

#8E452E #8E752E #778E2E

triadic

#8E752E #2E8E75 #752E8E

tetradic

#8E752E #2E8E45 #2E478E #8E2E77

square

#8E752E #2E8E45 #2E478E #8E2E77

split-complementary

#8E752E #2E778E #452E8E

monochromatic

#322910 #604F1F #8E752E #BC9B3D #CEB468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8E752E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8E752E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E752E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E752E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E752E	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e752e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.094 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29c6a',
    500: '#8e752e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e752e;
$custom-light: #b29c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e752e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.375,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57213,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E752E

secondary

#6378B5

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E752E

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

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