#8E5E12#8E5E12

#8E5E12 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.105 H 72.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E12
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 18)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(37, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 87.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 13.41, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 48.91, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.0321 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.105 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2684, 13.8013, 2.4319)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E12 #12428E

analogous

#8E2012 #8E5E12 #808E12

triadic

#8E5E12 #128E5E #5E128E

tetradic

#8E5E12 #128E20 #12428E #8E1280

square

#8E5E12 #128E20 #12428E #8E1280

split-complementary

#8E5E12 #12808E #20128E

monochromatic

#211604 #583A0B #8E5E12 #C48219 #E5A135

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8E5E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8E5E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E12

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E12	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)

#7A6C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.105 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b59',
    500: '#8e5e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e12;
$custom-light: #b48b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52169,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E12

secondary

#3A6EC2

accent

#7EF434

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E12

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

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