#8E7318#8E7318

#8E7318 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.108 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7318
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 24)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 1.46, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 49.92, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% -0.0017 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.108 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4520, 18.0793, 3.4344)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7318 #18338E

analogous

#8E3818 #8E7318 #6E8E18

triadic

#8E7318 #188E73 #73188E

tetradic

#8E7318 #188E38 #18338E #8E186E

square

#8E7318 #188E38 #18338E #8E186E

split-complementary

#8E7318 #186E8E #38188E

monochromatic

#251E06 #5A490F #8E7318 #C29D21 #DFBB41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8E7318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8E7318 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7318

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7318	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.108 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a5e',
    500: '#8e7318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7318;
$custom-light: #b39a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56604,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7318

secondary

#425FC0

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7318

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

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