#8E5A17#8E5A17

#8E5A17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.103 H 67.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5A17
RGB	rgb(142, 90, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(34, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 15.90, 44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 47.14, 70.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.0399 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.103 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9674, 13.1264, 2.5558)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5A17 #174B8E

analogous

#8E1F17 #8E5A17 #868E17

triadic

#8E5A17 #178E5A #5A178E

tetradic

#8E5A17 #178E1F #174B8E #8E1786

square

#8E5A17 #178E1F #174B8E #8E1786

split-complementary

#8E5A17 #17868E #1F178E

monochromatic

#251706 #59390E #8E5A17 #C37B20 #E09A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8E5A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8E5A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5A17

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5A17	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 90, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.103 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4885a',
    500: '#8e5a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5a17;
$custom-light: #b4885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.782,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51405,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5A17

secondary

#4078C0

accent

#88EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6EFE9

border

#D0CAC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5A17

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

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