#8E5811#8E5811

#8E5811 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.106 H 66.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5811
RGB	rgb(142, 88, 17)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(34, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, 16.88, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 49.08, 69.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.0421 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.106 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7475, 12.7722, 2.2188)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5811 #11478E

analogous

#8E1911 #8E5811 #858E11

triadic

#8E5811 #118E58 #58118E

tetradic

#8E5811 #118E19 #11478E #8E1185

square

#8E5811 #118E19 #11478E #8E1185

split-complementary

#8E5811 #11858E #19118E

monochromatic

#211404 #57360A #8E5811 #C57A18 #E79933

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8E5811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8E5811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5811

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5811	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 88, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.106 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58757',
    500: '#8e5811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5811;
$custom-light: #b58757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.08,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5098,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5811

secondary

#3874C2

accent

#87F533

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B03

muted

#817C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5811

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

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