#8E4217#8E4217

#8E4217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.116 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4217
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 23)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(22, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 29.50, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 49.12, 53.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.07% 0.0804 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(47.07% 0.116 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2595, 9.7108, 1.9866)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4217 #17638E

analogous

#8E1727 #8E4217 #8E7E17

triadic

#8E4217 #178E42 #42178E

tetradic

#8E4217 #278E17 #17638E #7E178E

square

#8E4217 #278E17 #17638E #7E178E

split-complementary

#8E4217 #178E7E #17278E

monochromatic

#251106 #592A0E #8E4217 #C35A20 #E0793F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#8E4217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8E4217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4217

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4217	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C3139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.116 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67858',
    500: '#8e4217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4217;
$custom-light: #b67858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.681,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47067,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4217

secondary

#4092C0

accent

#ADEF39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#120903

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4217

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

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