#8E7315#8E7315

#8E7315 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.109 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7315
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 21)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 1.36, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 50.86, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0022 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.109 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4225, 18.0675, 3.2791)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7315 #15308E

analogous

#8E3715 #8E7315 #6C8E15

triadic

#8E7315 #158E73 #73158E

tetradic

#8E7315 #158E37 #15308E #8E156C

square

#8E7315 #158E37 #15308E #8E156C

split-complementary

#8E7315 #156C8E #37158E

monochromatic

#231D05 #59480D #8E7315 #C39E1D #E2BD3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8E7315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8E7315 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7315

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7315	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.109 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a5d',
    500: '#8e7315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7315;
$custom-light: #b39a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56588,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7315

secondary

#3D5BC2

accent

#60F137

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7315

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

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