#8E3714#8E3714

#8E3714 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.127 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3714
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 20)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(17, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.07, 35.13, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.07, 52.22, 47.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% 0.097 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.127 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6492, 8.5354, 1.6431)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3714 #146B8E

analogous

#8E142E #8E3714 #8E7414

triadic

#8E3714 #148E37 #37148E

tetradic

#8E3714 #2E8E14 #146B8E #74148E

square

#8E3714 #2E8E14 #146B8E #74148E

split-complementary

#8E3714 #148E74 #142E8E

monochromatic

#230D05 #58220C #8E3714 #C44C1C #E36A39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#8E3714 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8E3714 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3714

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3714	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3714	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50460E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D2130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3714;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.127 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b77155',
    500: '#8e3714',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3714;
$custom-light: #b77155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3714",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.213,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45354,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3714

secondary

#3C9BC2

accent

#BCF236

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3714

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

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