#8E786F#8E786F

#8E786F is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.031 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E786F
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 111)
HSL	hsl(17, 12%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 22%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 21.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 7.01, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 10.72, 49.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0223 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.031 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7411, 20.3321, 17.8678)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E786F #6F858E

analogous

#8E6F76 #8E786F #8E886F

triadic

#8E786F #6F8E78 #786F8E

tetradic

#8E786F #768E6F #6F858E #886F8E

square

#8E786F #768E6F #6F858E #886F8E

split-complementary

#8E786F #6F8E88 #6F768E

monochromatic

#493E39 #6C5B54 #8E786F #A99891 #C4B8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8E786F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8E786F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E786F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E786F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E786F	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e786f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.031 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f98',
    500: '#8e786f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e786f;
$custom-light: #af9f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e786f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.419,
    "s": 12.253,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59068,
    "c": 0.03069,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E786F

secondary

#A5AFB3

accent

#A2B573

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0D

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E786F

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