#8E6911#8E6911

#8E6911 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.107 H 82.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6911
RGB	rgb(142, 105, 17)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(42, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 6.99, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 50.23, 82.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.0135 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.107 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3092, 15.8957, 2.7394)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6911 #11368E

analogous

#8E2A11 #8E6911 #748E11

triadic

#8E6911 #118E69 #69118E

tetradic

#8E6911 #118E2A #11368E #8E1174

square

#8E6911 #118E2A #11368E #8E1174

split-complementary

#8E6911 #11748E #2A118E

monochromatic

#211804 #57410A #8E6911 #C59118 #E7B133

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8E6911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8E6911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6911

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6911	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 105, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.107 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4935a',
    500: '#8e6911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6911;
$custom-light: #b4935a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54427,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6911

secondary

#3861C2

accent

#6CF533

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120D04

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6911

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

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