#8E3716#8E3716

#8E3716 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.126 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3716
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 22)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(17, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, 35.19, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 51.57, 46.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.37% 0.0975 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(45.37% 0.126 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6677, 8.5429, 1.7408)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3716 #166D8E

analogous

#8E1631 #8E3716 #8E7316

triadic

#8E3716 #168E37 #37168E

tetradic

#8E3716 #318E16 #166D8E #73168E

square

#8E3716 #318E16 #166D8E #73168E

split-complementary

#8E3716 #168E73 #16318E

monochromatic

#240E06 #59220E #8E3716 #C34C1E #E16A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8E3716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8E3716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3716

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3716	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D2130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.126 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b77156',
    500: '#8e3716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3716;
$custom-light: #b77156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4537,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3716

secondary

#3F9DC1

accent

#BDF038

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3716

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

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