#8E7557#8E7557

#8E7557 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.053 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7557
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 24%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 39%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 38.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 5.30, 20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 20.90, 75.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.0169 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.053 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2374, 19.1624, 11.7004)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7557 #57708E

analogous

#8E5A57 #8E7557 #8B8E57

triadic

#8E7557 #578E75 #75578E

tetradic

#8E7557 #578E5A #57708E #8E578B

square

#8E7557 #578E5A #57708E #8E578B

split-complementary

#8E7557 #578B8E #5A578E

monochromatic

#423628 #685640 #8E7557 #AB9377 #C3B19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8E7557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8E7557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7557

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7557	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.053 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09c86',
    500: '#8e7557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7557;
$custom-light: #b09c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 24.017,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57852,
    "c": 0.05325,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7557

secondary

#909FB0

accent

#90C067

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F5F2EF

border

#CFCCCA

text

#110E0B

muted

#807E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7557

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →