#8E701A#8E701A

#8E701A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.105 H 88.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E701A
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 26)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 3.25, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 48.60, 86.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.0036 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.105 88)
XYZ	xyz(17.1370, 17.4149, 3.4359)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E701A #1A388E

analogous

#8E361A #8E701A #728E1A

triadic

#8E701A #1A8E70 #701A8E

tetradic

#8E701A #1A8E36 #1A388E #8E1A72

square

#8E701A #1A8E36 #1A388E #8E1A72

split-complementary

#8E701A #1A728E #361A8E

monochromatic

#271E07 #5A4711 #8E701A #C29923 #DDB645

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8E701A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8E701A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E701A

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E701A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E701A	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e701a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.105 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3985f',
    500: '#8e701a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e701a;
$custom-light: #b3985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e701a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.483,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55966,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.17414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E701A

secondary

#4565BE

accent

#69EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E701A

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

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