#8E3718#8E3718

#8E3718 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.126 H 38.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3718
RGB	rgb(142, 55, 24)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(16, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 35.26, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 50.91, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% 0.098 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.126 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6878, 8.5509, 1.8464)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3718 #186F8E

analogous

#8E1834 #8E3718 #8E7218

triadic

#8E3718 #188E37 #37188E

tetradic

#8E3718 #348E18 #186F8E #72188E

square

#8E3718 #348E18 #186F8E #72188E

split-complementary

#8E3718 #188E72 #18348E

monochromatic

#250E06 #5A230F #8E3718 #C24B21 #DF6B41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8E3718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8E3718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3718

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3718	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)

#504613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D2231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 55, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.126 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67157',
    500: '#8e3718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3718;
$custom-light: #b67157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.763,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45387,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3718

secondary

#429FC0

accent

#BFEE3A

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3718

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

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