#8E3516#8E3516

#8E3516 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.128 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3516
RGB	rgb(142, 53, 22)
HSL	hsl(16, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(16, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.72, 36.17, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.72, 52.00, 45.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.09% 0.1005 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(45.09% 0.128 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5746, 8.3567, 1.7098)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3516 #166F8E

analogous

#8E1633 #8E3516 #8E7116

triadic

#8E3516 #168E35 #35168E

tetradic

#8E3516 #338E16 #166F8E #71168E

square

#8E3516 #338E16 #166F8E #71168E

split-complementary

#8E3516 #168E71 #16338E

monochromatic

#240D06 #59210E #8E3516 #C3491E #E1683D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8E3516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8E3516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3516

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3516	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645912

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D1E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 53, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.128 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b77056',
    500: '#8e3516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3516;
$custom-light: #b77056;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45087,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3516

secondary

#3F9FC1

accent

#C0F038

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3516

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

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