#8E7014#8E7014

#8E7014 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.108 H 88.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7014
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 20)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(45, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 3.05, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 50.53, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.0025 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.108 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0769, 17.3908, 3.1190)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7014 #14328E

analogous

#8E3314 #8E7014 #6F8E14

triadic

#8E7014 #148E70 #70148E

tetradic

#8E7014 #148E33 #14328E #8E146F

square

#8E7014 #148E33 #14328E #8E146F

split-complementary

#8E7014 #146F8E #33148E

monochromatic

#231B05 #58460C #8E7014 #C49A1C #E3B939

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8E7014 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8E7014 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7014

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7014	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7014	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)

#7E6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86771A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7014;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.108 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3985c',
    500: '#8e7014',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7014;
$custom-light: #b3985c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7014",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55933,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7014

secondary

#3C5DC2

accent

#64F236

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D04

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7014

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

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