#8E3816#8E3816

#8E3816 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.125 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3816
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 22)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(17, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, 34.69, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 51.36, 47.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% 0.096 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.125 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7157, 8.6388, 1.7568)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3816 #166C8E

analogous

#8E1630 #8E3816 #8E7416

triadic

#8E3816 #168E38 #38168E

tetradic

#8E3816 #308E16 #166C8E #74168E

square

#8E3816 #308E16 #166C8E #74168E

split-complementary

#8E3816 #168E74 #16308E

monochromatic

#240E06 #59230E #8E3816 #C34D1E #E16C3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8E3816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8E3816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3816

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3816	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665A12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D2331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.125 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b77256',
    500: '#8e3816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3816;
$custom-light: #b77256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45514,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3816

secondary

#3F9CC1

accent

#BCF038

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3816

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

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