#8E7118#8E7118

#8E7118 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.107 H 89.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7118
RGB	rgb(142, 113, 24)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 2.61, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 49.48, 86.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.0016 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.107 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2264, 17.6281, 3.3592)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7118 #18358E

analogous

#8E3618 #8E7118 #708E18

triadic

#8E7118 #188E71 #71188E

tetradic

#8E7118 #188E36 #18358E #8E1870

square

#8E7118 #188E36 #18358E #8E1870

split-complementary

#8E7118 #18708E #36188E

monochromatic

#251E06 #5A470F #8E7118 #C29B21 #DFB841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8E7118 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8E7118 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7118

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7118	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7118	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7118;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 113, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.107 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3995e',
    500: '#8e7118',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7118;
$custom-light: #b3995e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7118",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5617,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7118

secondary

#4261C0

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7118

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

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