#8E3717#8E3717

#8E3717 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.126 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3717
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 23)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(16, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 35.22, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 51.24, 46.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.0978 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.126 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6776, 8.5468, 1.7926)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3717 #176E8E

analogous

#8E1733 #8E3717 #8E7217

triadic

#8E3717 #178E37 #37178E

tetradic

#8E3717 #338E17 #176E8E #72178E

square

#8E3717 #338E17 #176E8E #72178E

split-complementary

#8E3717 #178E72 #17338E

monochromatic

#250E06 #59230E #8E3717 #C34B20 #E06B3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8E3717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8E3717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3717

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3717	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)

#504612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D2231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.126 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b77157',
    500: '#8e3717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3717;
$custom-light: #b77157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.134,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45378,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3717

secondary

#409EC0

accent

#BEEF39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3717

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

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