#8E6417#8E6417

#8E6417 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.103 H 77.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6417
RGB	rgb(142, 100, 23)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(39, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 10.08, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 47.75, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.0229 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.103 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8683, 14.9283, 2.8562)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6417 #17418E

analogous

#8E2917 #8E6417 #7C8E17

triadic

#8E6417 #178E64 #64178E

tetradic

#8E6417 #178E29 #17418E #8E177C

square

#8E6417 #178E29 #17418E #8E177C

split-complementary

#8E6417 #177C8E #29178E

monochromatic

#251A06 #593F0E #8E6417 #C38920 #E0A73F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8E6417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8E6417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6417

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6417	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 100, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.103 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4905c',
    500: '#8e6417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6417;
$custom-light: #b4905c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53417,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6417

secondary

#406EC0

accent

#79EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6417

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

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