#8E4E17#8E4E17

#8E4E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.108 H 56.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4E17
RGB	rgb(142, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 22.82, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 47.57, 61.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.14% 0.0603 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(49.14% 0.108 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0357, 11.2630, 2.2453)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4E17 #17578E

analogous

#8E171C #8E4E17 #8E8917

triadic

#8E4E17 #178E4E #4E178E

tetradic

#8E4E17 #1C8E17 #17578E #89178E

square

#8E4E17 #1C8E17 #17578E #89178E

split-complementary

#8E4E17 #178E89 #171C8E

monochromatic

#251406 #59310E #8E4E17 #C36B20 #E08A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8E4E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8E4E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4E17

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4E17	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61550E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.108 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58059',
    500: '#8e4e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4e17;
$custom-light: #b58059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.731,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49138,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4E17

secondary

#4085C0

accent

#9BEF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4E17

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

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