#8E7214#8E7214

#8E7214 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.109 H 90.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7214
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 20)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 1.90, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 50.94, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.0008 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.109 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3000, 17.8371, 3.1934)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7214 #14308E

analogous

#8E3514 #8E7214 #6D8E14

triadic

#8E7214 #148E72 #72148E

tetradic

#8E7214 #148E35 #14308E #8E146D

square

#8E7214 #148E35 #14308E #8E146D

split-complementary

#8E7214 #146D8E #35148E

monochromatic

#231C05 #58470C #8E7214 #C49D1C #E3BC39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8E7214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8E7214 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7214

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7214	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.109 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a5c',
    500: '#8e7214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7214;
$custom-light: #b39a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56366,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7214

secondary

#3C5BC2

accent

#61F236

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E04

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7214

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

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