#8E6717#8E6717

#8E6717 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.103 H 80.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6717
RGB	rgb(142, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 8.34, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 48.10, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.0179 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.103 80)
XYZ	xyz(16.1614, 15.5144, 2.9539)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6717 #173E8E

analogous

#8E2B17 #8E6717 #7A8E17

triadic

#8E6717 #178E67 #67178E

tetradic

#8E6717 #178E2B #173E8E #8E177A

square

#8E6717 #178E2B #173E8E #8E177A

split-complementary

#8E6717 #177A8E #2B178E

monochromatic

#251B06 #59410E #8E6717 #C38D20 #E0AB3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8E6717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8E6717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6717

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6717	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.103 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4925c',
    500: '#8e6717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6717;
$custom-light: #b4925c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54039,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.15513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6717

secondary

#406AC0

accent

#75EF39

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120C04

muted

#817D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6717

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

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