#8E3917#8E3917

#8E3917 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.124 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E3917
RGB	rgb(142, 57, 23)
HSL	hsl(17, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(17, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, 34.22, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 50.82, 47.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% 0.0947 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.124 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7745, 8.7407, 1.8249)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E3917 #176C8E

analogous

#8E1730 #8E3917 #8E7517

triadic

#8E3917 #178E39 #39178E

tetradic

#8E3917 #308E17 #176C8E #75178E

square

#8E3917 #308E17 #176C8E #75178E

split-complementary

#8E3917 #178E75 #17308E

monochromatic

#250F06 #59240E #8E3917 #C34E20 #E06D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#8E3917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8E3917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E3917

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E3917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E3917	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D2532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e3917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 57, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.124 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67257',
    500: '#8e3917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e3917;
$custom-light: #b67257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e3917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45669,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E3917

secondary

#409CC0

accent

#BBEF39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#130803

muted

#827B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E3917

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

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