#8E5C12#8E5C12

#8E5C12 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.105 H 70.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5C12
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 18)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, 14.58, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 48.83, 72.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.0355 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.105 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0929, 13.4502, 2.3734)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5C12 #12448E

analogous

#8E1E12 #8E5C12 #828E12

triadic

#8E5C12 #128E5C #5C128E

tetradic

#8E5C12 #128E1E #12448E #8E1282

square

#8E5C12 #128E1E #12448E #8E1282

split-complementary

#8E5C12 #12828E #1E128E

monochromatic

#211604 #58390B #8E5C12 #C47F19 #E59E35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8E5C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8E5C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5C12

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5C12	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)

#6D6001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.105 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48a58',
    500: '#8e5c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5c12;
$custom-light: #b48a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5177,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5C12

secondary

#3A71C2

accent

#81F434

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F7F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5C12

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

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