#8E4D17#8E4D17

#8E4D17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.109 H 55.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4D17
RGB	rgb(142, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(27, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(27, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.79, 23.39, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.79, 47.66, 60.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% 0.062 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.109 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9652, 11.1220, 2.2218)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4D17 #17588E

analogous

#8E171C #8E4D17 #8E8917

triadic

#8E4D17 #178E4D #4D178E

tetradic

#8E4D17 #1C8E17 #17588E #89178E

square

#8E4D17 #1C8E17 #17588E #89178E

split-complementary

#8E4D17 #178E89 #171C8E

monochromatic

#251406 #59300E #8E4D17 #C36A20 #E0883F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8E4D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8E4D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4D17

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4D17	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60550E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C3F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.109 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57f59',
    500: '#8e4d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4d17;
$custom-light: #b57f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.227,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48957,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4D17

secondary

#4086C0

accent

#9CEF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4D17

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

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