#8E5C14#8E5C14

#8E5C14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.104 H 69.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5C14
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 20)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 14.64, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 48.20, 72.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.0359 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.104 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1100, 13.4570, 2.4634)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5C14 #14468E

analogous

#8E1F14 #8E5C14 #838E14

triadic

#8E5C14 #148E5C #5C148E

tetradic

#8E5C14 #148E1F #14468E #8E1483

square

#8E5C14 #148E1F #14468E #8E1483

split-complementary

#8E5C14 #14838E #1F148E

monochromatic

#231605 #58390C #8E5C14 #C47F1C #E39E39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8E5C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8E5C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5C14

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5C14	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)

#6D6004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.104 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48a59',
    500: '#8e5c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5c14;
$custom-light: #b48a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.41,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51781,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5C14

secondary

#3C73C2

accent

#83F236

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5C14

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

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