#8E5D14#8E5D14

#8E5D14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.104 H 70.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5D14
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 20)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 14.05, 46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 48.24, 73.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.0342 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.104 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1972, 13.6314, 2.4925)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5D14 #14458E

analogous

#8E2014 #8E5D14 #828E14

triadic

#8E5D14 #148E5D #5D148E

tetradic

#8E5D14 #148E20 #14458E #8E1482

square

#8E5D14 #148E20 #14458E #8E1482

split-complementary

#8E5D14 #14828E #20148E

monochromatic

#231705 #583A0C #8E5D14 #C4801C #E39F39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#8E5D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8E5D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5D14

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5D14	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.104 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48a59',
    500: '#8e5d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5d14;
$custom-light: #b48a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5198,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5D14

secondary

#3C72C2

accent

#81F236

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5D14

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

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