#8E731D#8E731D

#8E731D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.105 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E731D
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 29)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 1.65, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 48.19, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% -0.0006 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.105 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5089, 18.1021, 3.7340)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E731D #1D388E

analogous

#8E3A1D #8E731D #708E1D

triadic

#8E731D #1D8E73 #731D8E

tetradic

#8E731D #1D8E3A #1D388E #8E1D70

square

#8E731D #1D8E3A #1D388E #8E1D70

split-complementary

#8E731D #1D708E #3A1D8E

monochromatic

#282108 #5B4A13 #8E731D #C19C27 #DAB84B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8E731D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8E731D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E731D

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E731D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E731D	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)

#81720C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e731d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.105 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a60',
    500: '#8e731d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e731d;
$custom-light: #b39a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e731d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56634,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E731D

secondary

#4A66BD

accent

#67E93F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E731D

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

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