#8E4A17#8E4A17

#8E4A17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.110 H 52.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4A17
RGB	rgb(142, 74, 23)
HSL	hsl(26, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(26, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.09, 25.08, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.09, 47.98, 58.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.42% 0.0671 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(48.42% 0.11 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7601, 10.7118, 2.1534)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4A17 #175B8E

analogous

#8E1720 #8E4A17 #8E8517

triadic

#8E4A17 #178E4A #4A178E

tetradic

#8E4A17 #208E17 #175B8E #85178E

square

#8E4A17 #208E17 #175B8E #85178E

split-complementary

#8E4A17 #178E85 #17208E

monochromatic

#251306 #592F0E #8E4A17 #C36520 #E0843F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#8E4A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8E4A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4A17

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4A17	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E530F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C3B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 74, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.110 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57d59',
    500: '#8e4a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4a17;
$custom-light: #b57d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48423,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4A17

secondary

#408AC0

accent

#A1EF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4A17

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