#8E6216#8E6216

#8E6216 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.103 H 75.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6216
RGB	rgb(142, 98, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 11.21, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 47.89, 76.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.0261 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.103 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6690, 14.5454, 2.7412)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6216 #16428E

analogous

#8E2616 #8E6216 #7E8E16

triadic

#8E6216 #168E62 #62168E

tetradic

#8E6216 #168E26 #16428E #8E167E

square

#8E6216 #168E26 #16428E #8E167E

split-complementary

#8E6216 #167E8E #26168E

monochromatic

#241906 #593D0E #8E6216 #C3871E #E1A53D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8E6216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8E6216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6216

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6216	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)

#726405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 98, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.103 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48e5b',
    500: '#8e6216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6216;
$custom-light: #b48e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53001,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6216

secondary

#3F6FC1

accent

#7BF038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6216

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

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