#8E731E#8E731E

#8E731E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.104 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E731E
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 1.69, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 47.82, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% -0.0004 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.104 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5214, 18.1071, 3.8002)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E731E #1E398E

analogous

#8E3B1E #8E731E #718E1E

triadic

#8E731E #1E8E73 #731E8E

tetradic

#8E731E #1E8E3B #1E398E #8E1E71

square

#8E731E #1E8E3B #1E398E #8E1E71

split-complementary

#8E731E #1E718E #3B1E8E

monochromatic

#292109 #5B4A13 #8E731E #C19C29 #D9B84D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8E731E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8E731E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E731E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E731E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E731E	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	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)

#81720E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e731e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.104 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a61',
    500: '#8e731e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e731e;
$custom-light: #b39a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e731e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56641,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E731E

secondary

#4C67BC

accent

#68E840

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E731E

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

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