#8E6217#8E6217

#8E6217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.103 H 75.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6217
RGB	rgb(142, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 11.24, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 47.55, 76.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.0263 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.103 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6788, 14.5494, 2.7930)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6217 #17438E

analogous

#8E2617 #8E6217 #7F8E17

triadic

#8E6217 #178E62 #62178E

tetradic

#8E6217 #178E26 #17438E #8E177F

square

#8E6217 #178E26 #17438E #8E177F

split-complementary

#8E6217 #177F8E #26178E

monochromatic

#251906 #593E0E #8E6217 #C38620 #E0A53F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8E6217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8E6217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6217

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6217	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)

#726407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.103 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48e5b',
    500: '#8e6217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6217;
$custom-light: #b48e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53007,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6217

secondary

#4070C0

accent

#7CEF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6217

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

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