#8E701C#8E701C

#8E701C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.104 H 87.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E701C
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 28)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 3.33, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 47.88, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.0041 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.104 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1602, 17.4241, 3.5578)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E701C #1C3A8E

analogous

#8E371C #8E701C #738E1C

triadic

#8E701C #1C8E70 #701C8E

tetradic

#8E701C #1C8E37 #1C3A8E #8E1C73

square

#8E701C #1C8E37 #1C3A8E #8E1C73

split-complementary

#8E701C #1C738E #371C8E

monochromatic

#281F08 #5B4812 #8E701C #C19826 #DBB549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8E701C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8E701C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E701C

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E701C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E701C	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)

#7E6F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e701c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.104 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39860',
    500: '#8e701c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e701c;
$custom-light: #b39860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e701c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55979,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E701C

secondary

#4967BD

accent

#6BEA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E701C

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

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