#8E7218#8E7218

#8E7218 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.107 H 90.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7218
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 24)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 2.03, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 49.70, 87.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% -0.0001 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.107 90)
XYZ	xyz(17.3386, 17.8525, 3.3966)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7218 #18348E

analogous

#8E3718 #8E7218 #6F8E18

triadic

#8E7218 #188E72 #72188E

tetradic

#8E7218 #188E37 #18348E #8E186F

square

#8E7218 #188E37 #18348E #8E186F

split-complementary

#8E7218 #186F8E #37188E

monochromatic

#251E06 #5A480F #8E7218 #C29C21 #DFBA41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8E7218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8E7218 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7218

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7218	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.107 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a5e',
    500: '#8e7218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7218;
$custom-light: #b39a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56387,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.17851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7218

secondary

#4260C0

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7218

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

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