#8E5C16#8E5C16

#8E5C16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.103 H 69.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5C16
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 22)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 14.70, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 47.53, 71.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.0363 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.104 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1285, 13.4644, 2.5611)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5C16 #16488E

analogous

#8E2016 #8E5C16 #848E16

triadic

#8E5C16 #168E5C #5C168E

tetradic

#8E5C16 #168E20 #16488E #8E1684

square

#8E5C16 #168E20 #16488E #8E1684

split-complementary

#8E5C16 #16848E #20168E

monochromatic

#241706 #593A0E #8E5C16 #C37E1E #E19D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8E5C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8E5C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5C16

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5C16	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)

#6D6007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.103 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48a5a',
    500: '#8e5c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5c16;
$custom-light: #b48a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51793,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5C16

secondary

#3F75C1

accent

#85F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5C16

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

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