#8E3817#8E3817

#8E3817 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.125 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3817
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 23)
HSL	hsl(17, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(17, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.29, 34.72, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.29, 51.03, 47.12°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% 0.0962 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.125 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7255, 8.6428, 1.8086)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3817 #176D8E

analogous

#8E1731 #8E3817 #8E7417

triadic

#8E3817 #178E38 #38178E

tetradic

#8E3817 #318E17 #176D8E #74178E

square

#8E3817 #318E17 #176D8E #74178E

split-complementary

#8E3817 #178E74 #17318E

monochromatic

#250E06 #59230E #8E3817 #C34D20 #E06C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8E3817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8E3817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3817

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3817	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)

#504712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D2331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.125 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67257',
    500: '#8e3817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3817;
$custom-light: #b67257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.639,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45523,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3817

secondary

#409DC0

accent

#BCEF39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3817

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

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