#8E856E#8E856E

#8E856E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.035 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E856E
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(43, 13%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 23%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -0.57, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 13.66, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.0005 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.035 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3573, 23.6521, 18.1364)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E856E #6E778E

analogous

#8E756E #8E856E #878E6E

triadic

#8E856E #6E8E85 #856E8E

tetradic

#8E856E #6E8E75 #6E778E #8E6E87

square

#8E856E #6E8E75 #6E778E #8E6E87

split-complementary

#8E856E #6E878E #756E8E

monochromatic

#494439 #6C6553 #8E856E #A9A290 #C4BFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8E856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8E856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E856E

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E856E	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D876F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.035 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa897',
    500: '#8e856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e856e;
$custom-light: #afa897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61827,
    "c": 0.03497,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E856E

secondary

#A5A9B3

accent

#85B672

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E856E

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

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