#8E5C11#8E5C11

#8E5C11 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.105 H 70.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5C11
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 17)
HSL	hsl(36, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, 14.55, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 49.13, 72.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.0353 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.105 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0849, 13.4470, 2.3313)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5C11 #11438E

analogous

#8E1D11 #8E5C11 #818E11

triadic

#8E5C11 #118E5C #5C118E

tetradic

#8E5C11 #118E1D #11438E #8E1181

square

#8E5C11 #118E1D #11438E #8E1181

split-complementary

#8E5C11 #11818E #1D118E

monochromatic

#211504 #57390A #8E5C11 #C57F18 #E79F33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8E5C11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8E5C11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5C11

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5C11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5C11	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D5F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796B14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5c11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.105 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b58a58',
    500: '#8e5c11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5c11;
$custom-light: #b58a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5c11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51765,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5C11

secondary

#3870C2

accent

#80F533

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5C11

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

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