#8E4417#8E4417

#8E4417 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.115 H 47.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4417
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 23)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(23, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 28.41, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 48.80, 54.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.0771 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.115 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3784, 9.9486, 2.0262)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4417 #17618E

analogous

#8E1726 #8E4417 #8E7F17

triadic

#8E4417 #178E44 #44178E

tetradic

#8E4417 #268E17 #17618E #7F178E

square

#8E4417 #268E17 #17618E #7F178E

split-complementary

#8E4417 #178E7F #17268E

monochromatic

#251206 #592B0E #8E4417 #C35D20 #E07C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8E4417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8E4417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4417

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4417	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C343B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.115 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67958',
    500: '#8e4417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4417;
$custom-light: #b67958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.689,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47396,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4417

secondary

#4090C0

accent

#AAEF39

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F8EDE9

border

#D1C8C5

text

#120903

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4417

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

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