#8E5F17#8E5F17

#8E5F17 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.103 H 72.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5F17
RGB	rgb(142, 95, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 12.99, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 47.33, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.0314 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.103 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4034, 13.9985, 2.7012)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5F17 #17468E

analogous

#8E2417 #8E5F17 #818E17

triadic

#8E5F17 #178E5F #5F178E

tetradic

#8E5F17 #178E24 #17468E #8E1781

square

#8E5F17 #178E24 #17468E #8E1781

split-complementary

#8E5F17 #17818E #24178E

monochromatic

#251906 #593C0E #8E5F17 #C38220 #E0A13F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8E5F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8E5F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E5F17

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E5F17	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 95, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.103 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48c5b',
    500: '#8e5f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5f17;
$custom-light: #b48c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.303,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52399,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5F17

secondary

#4073C0

accent

#81EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5F17

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

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