#8E5D17#8E5D17

#8E5D17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.103 H 70.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5D17
RGB	rgb(142, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(35, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 14.15, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 47.23, 72.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.0348 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.103 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2255, 13.6428, 2.6419)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5D17 #17488E

analogous

#8E2117 #8E5D17 #848E17

triadic

#8E5D17 #178E5D #5D178E

tetradic

#8E5D17 #178E21 #17488E #8E1784

square

#8E5D17 #178E21 #17488E #8E1784

split-complementary

#8E5D17 #17848E #21178E

monochromatic

#251806 #593B0E #8E5D17 #C37F20 #E09E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8E5D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8E5D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5D17

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5D17	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.103 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48a5b',
    500: '#8e5d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5d17;
$custom-light: #b48a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51998,
    "c": 0.10293,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5D17

secondary

#4075C0

accent

#84EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120B04

muted

#817C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5D17

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

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