#8E6616#8E6616

#8E6616 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.104 H 79.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6616
RGB	rgb(142, 102, 22)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(40, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 8.88, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 48.31, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.0194 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.104 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0527, 15.3128, 2.8691)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6616 #163E8E

analogous

#8E2A16 #8E6616 #7A8E16

triadic

#8E6616 #168E66 #66168E

tetradic

#8E6616 #168E2A #163E8E #8E167A

square

#8E6616 #168E2A #163E8E #8E167A

split-complementary

#8E6616 #167A8E #2A168E

monochromatic

#241A06 #59400E #8E6616 #C38C1E #E1AA3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8E6616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8E6616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6616

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6616	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 102, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.104 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4915b',
    500: '#8e6616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6616;
$custom-light: #b4915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53825,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6616

secondary

#3F6AC1

accent

#75F038

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6616

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

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