#8E501E#8E501E

#8E501E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.104 H 55.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E501E
RGB	rgb(142, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 21.95, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 44.82, 60.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.56% 0.0588 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(49.56% 0.104 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2596, 11.5834, 2.7129)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E501E #1E5C8E

analogous

#8E1E24 #8E501E #8E881E

triadic

#8E501E #1E8E50 #501E8E

tetradic

#8E501E #248E1E #1E5C8E #881E8E

square

#8E501E #248E1E #1E5C8E #881E8E

split-complementary

#8E501E #1E8E88 #1E248E

monochromatic

#291709 #5B3413 #8E501E #C16C29 #D98C4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8E501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8E501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E501E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E501E	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.104 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5815d',
    500: '#8e501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e501e;
$custom-light: #b5815d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.786,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49559,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E501E

secondary

#4C8ABC

accent

#9DE840

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F7EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120A04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E501E

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

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