#8E401C#8E401C

#8E401C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.116 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E401C
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 28)
HSL	hsl(19, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(19, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 30.76, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 47.72, 49.87°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% 0.085 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.116 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1997, 9.5031, 2.2376)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E401C #1C6A8E

analogous

#8E1C31 #8E401C #8E791C

triadic

#8E401C #1C8E40 #401C8E

tetradic

#8E401C #318E1C #1C6A8E #791C8E

square

#8E401C #318E1C #1C6A8E #791C8E

split-complementary

#8E401C #1C8E79 #1C318E

monochromatic

#281208 #5B2912 #8E401C #C15726 #DB7749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8E401C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8E401C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E401C

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E401C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E401C	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)

#564C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C2F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e401c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.116 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6775b',
    500: '#8e401c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e401c;
$custom-light: #b6775b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e401c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46788,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E401C

secondary

#4998BD

accent

#B4EA3E

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E401C

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

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