#8E6215#8E6215

#8E6215 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.104 H 75.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6215
RGB	rgb(142, 98, 21)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 11.17, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 48.23, 76.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.0259 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.104 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6596, 14.5417, 2.6914)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6215 #15418E

analogous

#8E2615 #8E6215 #7E8E15

triadic

#8E6215 #158E62 #62158E

tetradic

#8E6215 #158E26 #15418E #8E157E

square

#8E6215 #158E26 #15418E #8E157E

split-complementary

#8E6215 #157E8E #26158E

monochromatic

#231805 #593D0D #8E6215 #C3871D #E2A53B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8E6215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8E6215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6215

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6215	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 98, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.104 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48e5a',
    500: '#8e6215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6215;
$custom-light: #b48e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52995,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6215

secondary

#3D6DC2

accent

#7BF137

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6215

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

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