#8E6117#8E6117

#8E6117 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.103 H 74.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6117
RGB	rgb(142, 97, 23)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(37, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 11.82, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 47.47, 75.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% 0.028 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.103 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5859, 14.3634, 2.7620)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6117 #17448E

analogous

#8E2617 #8E6117 #7F8E17

triadic

#8E6117 #178E61 #61178E

tetradic

#8E6117 #178E26 #17448E #8E177F

square

#8E6117 #178E26 #17448E #8E177F

split-complementary

#8E6117 #177F8E #26178E

monochromatic

#251906 #593D0E #8E6117 #C38520 #E0A33F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8E6117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8E6117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6117

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6117	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 97, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.103 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48d5b',
    500: '#8e6117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6117;
$custom-light: #b48d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.311,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52804,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6117

secondary

#4071C0

accent

#7EEF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6117

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

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