#8E7E72#8E7E72

#8E7E72 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.027 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E72
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(26, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(26, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 4.05, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 9.66, 65.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.0136 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.027 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6534, 21.8880, 19.0005)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E72 #72828E

analogous

#8E7274 #8E7E72 #8E8C72

triadic

#8E7E72 #728E7E #7E728E

tetradic

#8E7E72 #748E72 #72828E #8C728E

square

#8E7E72 #748E72 #72828E #8C728E

split-complementary

#8E7E72 #728E8C #72748E

monochromatic

#4A423B #6C6057 #8E7E72 #A99D94 #C4BCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8E7E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8E7E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E72

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E72	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.027 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa39a',
    500: '#8e7e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e72;
$custom-light: #afa39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6042,
    "c": 0.02655,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E72

secondary

#A8AFB4

accent

#98B474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F3F2

border

#CECDCC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E72

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

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