#8E7516#8E7516

#8E7516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.110 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7516
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 0.26, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 51.01, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.0053 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.11 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6625, 18.5324, 3.4057)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7516 #162F8E

analogous

#8E3916 #8E7516 #6B8E16

triadic

#8E7516 #168E75 #75168E

tetradic

#8E7516 #168E39 #162F8E #8E166B

square

#8E7516 #168E39 #162F8E #8E166B

split-complementary

#8E7516 #166B8E #39168E

monochromatic

#241E06 #59490E #8E7516 #C3A11E #E1BF3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8E7516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8E7516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7516

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7516	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.110 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39c5e',
    500: '#8e7516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7516;
$custom-light: #b39c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5703,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7516

secondary

#3F5AC1

accent

#5EF038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7516

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

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