#8E3818#8E3818

#8E3818 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.125 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3818
RGB	rgb(142, 56, 24)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(16, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, 34.76, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 50.70, 46.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% 0.0965 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.125 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7357, 8.6468, 1.8624)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3818 #186E8E

analogous

#8E1833 #8E3818 #8E7318

triadic

#8E3818 #188E38 #38188E

tetradic

#8E3818 #338E18 #186E8E #73188E

square

#8E3818 #338E18 #186E8E #73188E

split-complementary

#8E3818 #188E73 #18338E

monochromatic

#250F06 #5A230F #8E3818 #C24D21 #DF6C41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8E3818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8E3818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3818

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3818	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)

#504713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D2332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 56, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.125 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67258',
    500: '#8e3818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3818;
$custom-light: #b67258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.271,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45531,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3818

secondary

#429EC0

accent

#BDEE3A

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3818

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

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