#8E501C#8E501C

#8E501C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.105 H 56.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E501C
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 28)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 21.86, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 45.59, 61.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.0582 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.105 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2349, 11.5735, 2.5827)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E501C #1C5A8E

analogous

#8E1C21 #8E501C #8E891C

triadic

#8E501C #1C8E50 #501C8E

tetradic

#8E501C #218E1C #1C5A8E #891C8E

square

#8E501C #218E1C #1C5A8E #891C8E

split-complementary

#8E501C #1C8E89 #1C218E

monochromatic

#281608 #5B3312 #8E501C #C16D26 #DB8C49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8E501C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8E501C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E501C

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E501C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E501C	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e501c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.105 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5815c',
    500: '#8e501c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e501c;
$custom-light: #b5815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e501c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.368,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49542,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E501C

secondary

#4988BD

accent

#9BEA3E

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E501C

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

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