#8E4F17#8E4F17

#8E4F17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.107 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E4F17
RGB	rgb(142, 79, 23)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(28, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, 22.25, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 47.49, 62.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.32% 0.0586 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(49.32% 0.107 57)
XYZ	xyz(14.1073, 11.4062, 2.2691)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E4F17 #17568E

analogous

#8E171B #8E4F17 #8E8A17

triadic

#8E4F17 #178E4F #4F178E

tetradic

#8E4F17 #1B8E17 #17568E #8A178E

square

#8E4F17 #1B8E17 #17568E #8A178E

split-complementary

#8E4F17 #178E8A #171B8E

monochromatic

#251406 #59320E #8E4F17 #C36C20 #E08B3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8E4F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8E4F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E4F17

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E4F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E4F17	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62560D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e4f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 79, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.107 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58159',
    500: '#8e4f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e4f17;
$custom-light: #b58159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e4f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4932,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.11405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E4F17

secondary

#4084C0

accent

#99EF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E4F17

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

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