#8E8474#8E8474

#8E8474 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.026 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8474
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 116)
HSL	hsl(37, 10%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 18%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 18.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 0.96, 10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 10.05, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% 0.0047 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.026 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5589, 23.5147, 19.8700)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8474 #747E8E

analogous

#8E7774 #8E8474 #8B8E74

triadic

#8E8474 #748E84 #84748E

tetradic

#8E8474 #748E77 #747E8E #8E748B

square

#8E8474 #748E77 #747E8E #8E748B

split-complementary

#8E8474 #748B8E #77748E

monochromatic

#4B453D #6D6558 #8E8474 #A9A296 #C5C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8E8474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8E8474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8474

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8474	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.026 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa79c',
    500: '#8e8474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8474;
$custom-light: #afa79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 10.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61762,
    "c": 0.02634,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8474

secondary

#A9AEB5

accent

#8DB375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8474

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

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