#8E6617#8E6617

#8E6617 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.103 H 79.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6617
RGB	rgb(142, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 8.91, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 47.97, 79.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.0196 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.103 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0625, 15.3167, 2.9209)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6617 #173F8E

analogous

#8E2B17 #8E6617 #7A8E17

triadic

#8E6617 #178E66 #66178E

tetradic

#8E6617 #178E2B #173F8E #8E177A

square

#8E6617 #178E2B #173F8E #8E177A

split-complementary

#8E6617 #177A8E #2B178E

monochromatic

#251A06 #59400E #8E6617 #C38C20 #E0AA3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8E6617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8E6617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6617

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6617	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)

#756705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.103 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4915c',
    500: '#8e6617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6617;
$custom-light: #b4915c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.832,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53831,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6617

secondary

#406BC0

accent

#76EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6617

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

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