#8E7E56#8E7E56

#8E7E56 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.059 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E56
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 25%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 39%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 39.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 0.04, 24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 24.03, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0014 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.059 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2963, 21.3451, 11.8532)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E56 #56668E

analogous

#8E6256 #8E7E56 #828E56

triadic

#8E7E56 #568E7E #7E568E

tetradic

#8E7E56 #568E62 #56668E #8E5682

square

#8E7E56 #568E62 #56668E #8E5682

split-complementary

#8E7E56 #56828E #62568E

monochromatic

#423A28 #685C3F #8E7E56 #AC9C75 #C3B89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8E7E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8E7E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E56

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E56	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.059 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a386',
    500: '#8e7e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e56;
$custom-light: #b0a386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5977,
    "c": 0.05944,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E56

secondary

#9099B0

accent

#81C167

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F3EF

border

#CFCDCA

text

#110F0B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E56

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

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