#8E5616#8E5616

#8E5616 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.105 H 63.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5616
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 22)
HSL	hsl(32, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(32, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 18.18, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 47.49, 67.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.0465 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.105 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6292, 12.4658, 2.3946)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5616 #164E8E

analogous

#8E1A16 #8E5616 #8A8E16

triadic

#8E5616 #168E56 #56168E

tetradic

#8E5616 #168E1A #164E8E #8E168A

square

#8E5616 #168E1A #164E8E #8E168A

split-complementary

#8E5616 #168A8E #1A168E

monochromatic

#241606 #59360E #8E5616 #C3761E #E1953D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8E5616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8E5616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5616

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5616	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.105 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58559',
    500: '#8e5616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5616;
$custom-light: #b58559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50623,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5616

secondary

#3F7CC1

accent

#8EF038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5616

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

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