#8E701E#8E701E

#8E701E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.103 H 87.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E701E
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 30)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 3.41, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 47.14, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.0045 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.103 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1849, 17.4340, 3.6880)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E701E #1E3C8E

analogous

#8E381E #8E701E #748E1E

triadic

#8E701E #1E8E70 #701E8E

tetradic

#8E701E #1E8E38 #1E3C8E #8E1E74

square

#8E701E #1E8E38 #1E3C8E #8E1E74

split-complementary

#8E701E #1E748E #381E8E

monochromatic

#292009 #5B4813 #8E701E #C19829 #D9B44D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8E701E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8E701E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E701E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E701E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E701E	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e701e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.103 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39861',
    500: '#8e701e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e701e;
$custom-light: #b39861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e701e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.929,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55993,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E701E

secondary

#4C6ABC

accent

#6DE840

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E701E

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

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