#8E5817#8E5817

#8E5817 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.104 H 65.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5817
RGB	rgb(142, 88, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(33, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 17.06, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 47.13, 68.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.0433 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.104 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8009, 12.7936, 2.5004)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5817 #174D8E

analogous

#8E1C17 #8E5817 #898E17

triadic

#8E5817 #178E58 #58178E

tetradic

#8E5817 #178E1C #174D8E #8E1789

square

#8E5817 #178E1C #174D8E #8E1789

split-complementary

#8E5817 #17898E #1C178E

monochromatic

#251706 #59370E #8E5817 #C37920 #E0973F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8E5817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8E5817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5817

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5817	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 88, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.104 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4875a',
    500: '#8e5817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5817;
$custom-light: #b4875a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.773,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51015,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5817

secondary

#407AC0

accent

#8BEF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5817

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

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