#8E5A16#8E5A16

#8E5A16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.104 H 67.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5A16
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 22)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 15.86, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 47.49, 70.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.0397 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.104 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9575, 13.1225, 2.5041)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5A16 #164A8E

analogous

#8E1E16 #8E5A16 #868E16

triadic

#8E5A16 #168E5A #5A168E

tetradic

#8E5A16 #168E1E #164A8E #8E1686

square

#8E5A16 #168E1E #164A8E #8E1686

split-complementary

#8E5A16 #16868E #1E168E

monochromatic

#241706 #59380E #8E5A16 #C37C1E #E19A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8E5A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8E5A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5A16

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5A16	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.104 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4885a',
    500: '#8e5a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5a16;
$custom-light: #b4885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51399,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5A16

secondary

#3F77C1

accent

#88F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5A16

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

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