#8E4D16#8E4D16

#8E4D16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.109 H 55.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4D16
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 22)
HSL	hsl(28, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.78, 23.35, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.78, 48.01, 60.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% 0.0618 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.109 55.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9553, 11.1181, 2.1700)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4D16 #16578E

analogous

#8E161B #8E4D16 #8E8916

triadic

#8E4D16 #168E4D #4D168E

tetradic

#8E4D16 #1B8E16 #16578E #89168E

square

#8E4D16 #1B8E16 #16578E #89168E

split-complementary

#8E4D16 #168E89 #161B8E

monochromatic

#241406 #59300E #8E4D16 #C36A1E #E1883D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#8E4D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8E4D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4D16

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4D16	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60550C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C3F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.109 55.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57f58',
    500: '#8e4d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4d16;
$custom-light: #b57f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4895,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 55.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4D16

secondary

#3F85C1

accent

#9CF038

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4D16

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