#8E7322#8E7322

#8E7322 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.102 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7322
RGB	rgb(142, 115, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 1.88, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 46.27, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.0006 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.102 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5758, 18.1289, 4.0866)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7322 #223D8E

analogous

#8E3D22 #8E7322 #738E22

triadic

#8E7322 #228E73 #73228E

tetradic

#8E7322 #228E3D #223D8E #8E2273

square

#8E7322 #228E3D #223D8E #8E2273

split-complementary

#8E7322 #22738E #3D228E

monochromatic

#2B230A #5D4B16 #8E7322 #BF9B2E #D6B654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8E7322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8E7322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7322

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7322	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 115, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.102 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39b63',
    500: '#8e7322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7322;
$custom-light: #b39b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5667,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7322

secondary

#526CBA

accent

#6CE443

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7322

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

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