#8E5E16#8E5E16

#8E5E16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.103 H 71.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E16
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 22)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 13.54, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 47.62, 73.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.0329 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.103 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3041, 13.8155, 2.6196)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E16 #16468E

analogous

#8E2216 #8E5E16 #828E16

triadic

#8E5E16 #168E5E #5E168E

tetradic

#8E5E16 #168E22 #16468E #8E1682

square

#8E5E16 #168E22 #16468E #8E1682

split-complementary

#8E5E16 #16828E #22168E

monochromatic

#241806 #593B0E #8E5E16 #C3811E #E1A03D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8E5E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8E5E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E16

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E16	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)

#6E6107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.103 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b5a',
    500: '#8e5e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e16;
$custom-light: #b48b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52192,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E16

secondary

#3F73C1

accent

#82F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E16

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

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