#8E5A11#8E5A11

#8E5A11 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.106 H 68.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5A11
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 17)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 15.71, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 49.09, 71.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.0387 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.106 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9139, 13.1051, 2.2743)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5A11 #11458E

analogous

#8E1B11 #8E5A11 #838E11

triadic

#8E5A11 #118E5A #5A118E

tetradic

#8E5A11 #118E1B #11458E #8E1183

square

#8E5A11 #118E1B #11458E #8E1183

split-complementary

#8E5A11 #11838E #1B118E

monochromatic

#211504 #57370A #8E5A11 #C57D18 #E79C33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8E5A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8E5A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5A11

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5A11	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.106 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58858',
    500: '#8e5a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5a11;
$custom-light: #b58858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.04,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5137,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5A11

secondary

#3872C2

accent

#84F533

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5A11

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

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