#8E7016#8E7016

#8E7016 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.107 H 88.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7016
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 22)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(45, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 3.11, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 49.92, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0028 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.107 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0954, 17.3982, 3.2167)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7016 #16348E

analogous

#8E3416 #8E7016 #708E16

triadic

#8E7016 #168E70 #70168E

tetradic

#8E7016 #168E34 #16348E #8E1670

square

#8E7016 #168E34 #16348E #8E1670

split-complementary

#8E7016 #16708E #34168E

monochromatic

#241C06 #59460E #8E7016 #C39A1E #E1B83D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8E7016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8E7016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7016

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7016	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)

#86771C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.107 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3985d',
    500: '#8e7016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7016;
$custom-light: #b3985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55944,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7016

secondary

#3F5FC1

accent

#66F038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7016

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

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