#8E5E11#8E5E11

#8E5E11 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.105 H 72.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E11
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 17)
HSL	hsl(37, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(37, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 13.39, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 49.21, 74.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.16% 0.0319 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(52.16% 0.105 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2604, 13.7981, 2.3898)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E11 #11418E

analogous

#8E1F11 #8E5E11 #7F8E11

triadic

#8E5E11 #118E5E #5E118E

tetradic

#8E5E11 #118E1F #11418E #8E117F

square

#8E5E11 #118E1F #11418E #8E117F

split-complementary

#8E5E11 #117F8E #1F118E

monochromatic

#211604 #573A0A #8E5E11 #C58218 #E7A233

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8E5E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8E5E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E11

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E11	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.105 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b58',
    500: '#8e5e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e11;
$custom-light: #b48b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.96,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52164,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E11

secondary

#386DC2

accent

#7DF533

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E11

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

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