#8E401E#8E401E

#8E401E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.116 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E401E
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 30)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(18, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, 30.84, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 47.01, 49.00°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% 0.0856 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.116 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2244, 9.5130, 2.3679)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E401E #1E6C8E

analogous

#8E1E34 #8E401E #8E781E

triadic

#8E401E #1E8E40 #401E8E

tetradic

#8E401E #348E1E #1E6C8E #781E8E

square

#8E401E #348E1E #1E6C8E #781E8E

split-complementary

#8E401E #1E8E78 #1E348E

monochromatic

#291209 #5B2913 #8E401E #C15729 #D9784D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8E401E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8E401E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E401E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E401E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E401E	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)

#564C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C2F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e401e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.116 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6775c',
    500: '#8e401e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e401e;
$custom-light: #b6775c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e401e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.214,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46808,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E401E

secondary

#4C9ABC

accent

#B5E840

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E401E

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

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