#8E5A12#8E5A12

#8E5A12 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.105 H 68.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5A12
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 18)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(35, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 15.74, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 48.79, 71.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% 0.0389 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.105 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9219, 13.1083, 2.3164)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5A12 #12468E

analogous

#8E1C12 #8E5A12 #848E12

triadic

#8E5A12 #128E5A #5A128E

tetradic

#8E5A12 #128E1C #12468E #8E1284

square

#8E5A12 #128E1C #12468E #8E1284

split-complementary

#8E5A12 #12848E #1C128E

monochromatic

#211504 #58380B #8E5A12 #C47C19 #E59B35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8E5A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8E5A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5A12

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5A12	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)

#6B5E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.105 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58858',
    500: '#8e5a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5a12;
$custom-light: #b58858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51376,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5A12

secondary

#3A73C2

accent

#84F434

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5A12

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