#8E401B#8E401B

#8E401B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.117 H 43.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E401B
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(19, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 30.72, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 48.08, 50.29°)
OKLab	oklab(46.78% 0.0847 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(46.78% 0.117 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.1879, 9.4984, 2.1756)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E401B #1B698E

analogous

#8E1B30 #8E401B #8E791B

triadic

#8E401B #1B8E40 #401B8E

tetradic

#8E401B #308E1B #1B698E #791B8E

square

#8E401B #308E1B #1B698E #791B8E

split-complementary

#8E401B #1B8E79 #1B308E

monochromatic

#271207 #5B2911 #8E401B #C15725 #DC7747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8E401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8E401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E401B

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E401B	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C2F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.117 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6775a',
    500: '#8e401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e401b;
$custom-light: #b6775a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.304,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46778,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E401B

secondary

#4798BE

accent

#B3EB3D

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E401B

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

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