#8E5916#8E5916

#8E5916 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.104 H 66.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5916
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 22)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, 16.44, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 47.47, 69.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.0414 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.104 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8738, 12.9549, 2.4761)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5916 #164B8E

analogous

#8E1D16 #8E5916 #878E16

triadic

#8E5916 #168E59 #59168E

tetradic

#8E5916 #168E1D #164B8E #8E1687

square

#8E5916 #168E1D #164B8E #8E1687

split-complementary

#8E5916 #16878E #1D168E

monochromatic

#241706 #59380E #8E5916 #C37A1E #E1993D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8E5916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8E5916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5916

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5916	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)

#6A5D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.104 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4885a',
    500: '#8e5916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5916;
$custom-light: #b4885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51203,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5916

secondary

#3F78C1

accent

#89F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5916

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

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