#8E7319#8E7319

#8E7319 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.107 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7319
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 25)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 1.50, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 49.59, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% -0.0015 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.107 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4626, 18.0836, 3.4902)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7319 #19348E

analogous

#8E3919 #8E7319 #6E8E19

triadic

#8E7319 #198E73 #73198E

tetradic

#8E7319 #198E39 #19348E #8E196E

square

#8E7319 #198E39 #19348E #8E196E

split-complementary

#8E7319 #196E8E #39198E

monochromatic

#261F07 #5A4910 #8E7319 #C29D22 #DEBA43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8E7319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8E7319 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7319

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7319	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)

#817203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.107 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a5f',
    500: '#8e7319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7319;
$custom-light: #b39a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5661,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7319

secondary

#4460BF

accent

#64ED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7319

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

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