#8E741E#8E741E

#8E741E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.105 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E741E
RGB	rgb(142, 116, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 1.13, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 48.06, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% -0.002 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.105 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6361, 18.3364, 3.8384)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E741E #1E388E

analogous

#8E3C1E #8E741E #708E1E

triadic

#8E741E #1E8E74 #741E8E

tetradic

#8E741E #1E8E3C #1E388E #8E1E70

square

#8E741E #1E8E3C #1E388E #8E1E70

split-complementary

#8E741E #1E708E #3C1E8E

monochromatic

#292109 #5B4B13 #8E741E #C19D29 #D9B94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8E741E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8E741E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E741E

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E741E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E741E	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82720D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e741e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 116, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.105 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39b61',
    500: '#8e741e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e741e;
$custom-light: #b39b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e741e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56859,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E741E

secondary

#4C66BC

accent

#67E840

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E741E

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

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