#8E6D15#8E6D15

#8E6D15 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.106 H 85.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6D15
RGB	rgb(142, 109, 21)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(44, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 4.80, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 49.67, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.0076 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.106 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7604, 16.7434, 3.0584)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6D15 #15368E

analogous

#8E3015 #8E6D15 #738E15

triadic

#8E6D15 #158E6D #6D158E

tetradic

#8E6D15 #158E30 #15368E #8E1573

square

#8E6D15 #158E30 #15368E #8E1573

split-complementary

#8E6D15 #15738E #30158E

monochromatic

#231B05 #59440D #8E6D15 #C3961D #E2B53B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8E6D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8E6D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E6D15

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E6D15	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84751A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B625D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 109, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.106 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4965c',
    500: '#8e6d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6d15;
$custom-light: #b4965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55295,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6D15

secondary

#3D61C2

accent

#6AF137

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120D04

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6D15

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

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