#8E711A#8E711A

#8E711A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.106 H 88.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E711A
RGB	rgb(142, 113, 26)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 2.68, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 48.81, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.002 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.106 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2480, 17.6368, 3.4729)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E711A #1A378E

analogous

#8E371A #8E711A #718E1A

triadic

#8E711A #1A8E71 #711A8E

tetradic

#8E711A #1A8E37 #1A378E #8E1A71

square

#8E711A #1A8E37 #1A378E #8E1A71

split-complementary

#8E711A #1A718E #371A8E

monochromatic

#271F07 #5A4811 #8E711A #C29A23 #DDB745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8E711A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8E711A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E711A

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E711A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E711A	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)

#7F7006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e711a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 113, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.106 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3995f',
    500: '#8e711a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e711a;
$custom-light: #b3995f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e711a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56182,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E711A

secondary

#4564BE

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E711A

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

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