#8E5911#8E5911

#8E5911 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.106 H 67.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5911
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 17)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, 16.29, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 49.08, 70.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.0404 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.106 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8301, 12.9375, 2.2464)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5911 #11468E

analogous

#8E1A11 #8E5911 #848E11

triadic

#8E5911 #118E59 #59118E

tetradic

#8E5911 #118E1A #11468E #8E1184

square

#8E5911 #118E1A #11468E #8E1184

split-complementary

#8E5911 #11848E #1A118E

monochromatic

#211404 #57370A #8E5911 #C57B18 #E79A33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8E5911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8E5911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5911

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5911	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.106 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58857',
    500: '#8e5911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5911;
$custom-light: #b58857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.56,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51175,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5911

secondary

#3873C2

accent

#85F533

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B03

muted

#817C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5911

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

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