#8E5E14#8E5E14

#8E5E14 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.104 H 71.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E14
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 20)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 13.47, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 48.28, 73.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.0325 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.104 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2855, 13.8081, 2.5219)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E14 #14448E

analogous

#8E2114 #8E5E14 #818E14

triadic

#8E5E14 #148E5E #5E148E

tetradic

#8E5E14 #148E21 #14448E #8E1481

square

#8E5E14 #148E21 #14448E #8E1481

split-complementary

#8E5E14 #14818E #21148E

monochromatic

#231705 #583A0C #8E5E14 #C4821C #E3A039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8E5E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8E5E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E14

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E14	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.104 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b59',
    500: '#8e5e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e14;
$custom-light: #b48b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5218,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E14

secondary

#3C71C2

accent

#80F236

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E14

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

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