#8E5E17#8E5E17

#8E5E17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.103 H 71.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5E17
RGB	rgb(142, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 13.57, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 47.28, 73.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.0331 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.103 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3139, 13.8195, 2.6714)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5E17 #17478E

analogous

#8E2217 #8E5E17 #838E17

triadic

#8E5E17 #178E5E #5E178E

tetradic

#8E5E17 #178E22 #17478E #8E1783

square

#8E5E17 #178E22 #17478E #8E1783

split-complementary

#8E5E17 #17838E #22178E

monochromatic

#251806 #593B0E #8E5E17 #C38120 #E09F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8E5E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8E5E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5E17

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5E17	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)

#6E6108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.103 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48b5b',
    500: '#8e5e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5e17;
$custom-light: #b48b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52198,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5E17

secondary

#4074C0

accent

#82EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5E17

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

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