#8E794B#8E794B

#8E794B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.069 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E794B
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 75)
HSL	hsl(41, 31%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 47%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 47.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 1.62, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 28.21, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.005 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.069 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2633, 19.9344, 9.4883)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E794B #4B608E

analogous

#8E574B #8E794B #828E4B

triadic

#8E794B #4B8E79 #794B8E

tetradic

#8E794B #4B8E57 #4B608E #8E4B82

square

#8E794B #4B8E57 #4B608E #8E4B82

split-complementary

#8E794B #4B828E #574B8E

monochromatic

#3E3521 #665736 #8E794B #AF9867 #C4B48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#8E794B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#8E794B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E794B

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E794B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E794B	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e794b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.069 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f7e',
    500: '#8e794b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e794b;
$custom-light: #b09f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e794b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 30.876,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58481,
    "c": 0.06854,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E794B

secondary

#8592B0

accent

#81C761

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#110E0A

muted

#807E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E794B

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

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