#8E5B11#8E5B11

#8E5B11 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.106 H 69.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5B11
RGB	rgb(142, 91, 17)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 15.13, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 49.11, 72.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.037 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.106 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9988, 13.2749, 2.3026)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5B11 #11448E

analogous

#8E1C11 #8E5B11 #828E11

triadic

#8E5B11 #118E5B #5B118E

tetradic

#8E5B11 #118E1C #11448E #8E1182

square

#8E5B11 #118E1C #11448E #8E1182

split-complementary

#8E5B11 #11828E #1C118E

monochromatic

#211504 #57380A #8E5B11 #C57E18 #E79D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#8E5B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8E5B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5B11

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5B11	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 91, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.106 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58958',
    500: '#8e5b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5b11;
$custom-light: #b58958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.52,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51567,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5B11

secondary

#3871C2

accent

#82F533

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5B11

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

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