#8E5617#8E5617

#8E5617 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.104 H 63.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5617
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 23)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(32, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 18.22, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 47.15, 67.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.0467 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.104 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6390, 12.4697, 2.4464)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5617 #174F8E

analogous

#8E1B17 #8E5617 #8A8E17

triadic

#8E5617 #178E56 #56178E

tetradic

#8E5617 #178E1B #174F8E #8E178A

square

#8E5617 #178E1B #174F8E #8E178A

split-complementary

#8E5617 #178A8E #1B178E

monochromatic

#251606 #59360E #8E5617 #C37620 #E0943F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8E5617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8E5617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5617

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5617	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)

#685B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.104 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5865a',
    500: '#8e5617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5617;
$custom-light: #b5865a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5063,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5617

secondary

#407DC0

accent

#8FEF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5617

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

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