#8E7011#8E7011

#8E7011 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.109 H 89.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7011
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 17)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(46, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 2.96, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 51.38, 86.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.002 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.109 89)
XYZ	xyz(17.0518, 17.3808, 2.9869)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7011 #112F8E

analogous

#8E3111 #8E7011 #6D8E11

triadic

#8E7011 #118E70 #70118E

tetradic

#8E7011 #118E31 #112F8E #8E116D

square

#8E7011 #118E31 #112F8E #8E116D

split-complementary

#8E7011 #116D8E #31118E

monochromatic

#211A04 #57450A #8E7011 #C59B18 #E7BB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8E7011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8E7011 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7011

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7011	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.109 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4985b',
    500: '#8e7011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7011;
$custom-light: #b4985b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5592,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.1738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7011

secondary

#385AC2

accent

#61F533

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D04

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7011

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

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