#8E5516#8E5516

#8E5516 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.105 H 62.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5516
RGB	rgb(142, 85, 22)
HSL	hsl(32, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(32, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.70, 18.76, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.70, 47.52, 66.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.0482 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.105 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5499, 12.3072, 2.3682)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5516 #164F8E

analogous

#8E1916 #8E5516 #8B8E16

triadic

#8E5516 #168E55 #55168E

tetradic

#8E5516 #168E19 #164F8E #8E168B

square

#8E5516 #168E19 #164F8E #8E168B

split-complementary

#8E5516 #168B8E #19168E

monochromatic

#241606 #59350E #8E5516 #C3751E #E1933D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#8E5516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8E5516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5516

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5516	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 85, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.105 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58559',
    500: '#8e5516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5516;
$custom-light: #b58559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50432,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5516

secondary

#3F7DC1

accent

#8FF038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5516

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

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