#8E7316#8E7316

#8E7316 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.109 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E7316
RGBrgb(142, 115, 22)
HSLhsl(47, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(47, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(49.58, 1.40, 50.54)
CIE-LCHlch(49.58, 50.55, 88.42°)
OKLaboklab(56.59% -0.0021 0.1086)
OKLCHoklch(56.59% 0.109 91.1)
XYZxyz(17.4319, 18.0713, 3.3289)
Luminance0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E7316 #16318E
analogous
#8E3716 #8E7316 #6D8E16
triadic
#8E7316 #168E73 #73168E
tetradic
#8E7316 #168E37 #16318E #8E166D
square
#8E7316 #168E37 #16318E #8E166D
split-complementary
#8E7316 #166D8E #37168E
monochromatic
#241D06 #59480E #8E7316 #C39E1E #E1BC3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55
#8E7316 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61
#8E7316 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7316
4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E7316#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8E73161.004.554.614.61
#FFFFFF4.551.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6121.001.001.00
##0000004.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#817100
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88791C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A6862
Achromatopsia (no color)
#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e7316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.109 91.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a5d',
    500: '#8e7316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e7316;
$custom-light: #b39a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e7316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56593,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E7316
secondary
#3F5CC1
accent
#61F038
background
#FBF9F5
surface
#F6F2E9
border
#D0CCC5
text
#120E05
muted
#817E79

Preview Lab

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#8E7316 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva