#8E7514#8E7514

#8E7514 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.111 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7514
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 20)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 0.20, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 51.61, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% -0.0056 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.111 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6439, 18.5250, 3.3080)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7514 #142D8E

analogous

#8E3814 #8E7514 #6A8E14

triadic

#8E7514 #148E75 #75148E

tetradic

#8E7514 #148E38 #142D8E #8E146A

square

#8E7514 #148E38 #142D8E #8E146A

split-complementary

#8E7514 #146A8E #38148E

monochromatic

#231D05 #58490C #8E7514 #C4A11C #E3C039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8E7514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8E7514 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7514

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7514	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.111 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39c5d',
    500: '#8e7514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7514;
$custom-light: #b39c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5702,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7514

secondary

#3C57C2

accent

#5CF236

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7514

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

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