#8E7216#8E7216

#8E7216 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.108 H 90.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7216
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 22)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 1.97, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 50.34, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0004 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.108 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3185, 17.8445, 3.2911)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7216 #16328E

analogous

#8E3616 #8E7216 #6E8E16

triadic

#8E7216 #168E72 #72168E

tetradic

#8E7216 #168E36 #16328E #8E166E

square

#8E7216 #168E36 #16328E #8E166E

split-complementary

#8E7216 #166E8E #36168E

monochromatic

#241D06 #59470E #8E7216 #C39D1E #E1BB3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8E7216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8E7216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7216

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7216	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)

#87781C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.108 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a5d',
    500: '#8e7216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7216;
$custom-light: #b39a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56376,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7216

secondary

#3F5DC1

accent

#63F038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7216

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

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