#8E3211#8E3211

#8E3211 is a dark, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.132 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3211
RGB	rgb(142, 50, 17)
HSL	hsl(16, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(16, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 37.47, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 54.22, 46.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% 0.1037 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.132 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3985, 8.0743, 1.4358)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3211 #116D8E

analogous

#8E112E #8E3211 #8E7011

triadic

#8E3211 #118E32 #32118E

tetradic

#8E3211 #2E8E11 #116D8E #70118E

square

#8E3211 #2E8E11 #116D8E #70118E

split-complementary

#8E3211 #118E70 #112E8E

monochromatic

#210C04 #571F0A #8E3211 #C54518 #E76233

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8E3211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8E3211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3211

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3211	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D430B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63580C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D182C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 50, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.132 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b76e53',
    500: '#8e3211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3211;
$custom-light: #b76e53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.84,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4464,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3211

secondary

#389EC2

accent

#C2F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8ECE7

border

#D1C7C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3211

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

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