#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
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 1.40, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 50.55, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0021 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.109 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4319, 18.0713, 3.3289)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8E7316	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: #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

Preview with #8E7316

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

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