#8E7518#8E7518

#8E7518 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.109 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7518
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 24)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 0.33, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 50.38, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.0049 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.109 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6825, 18.5404, 3.5113)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7518 #18318E

analogous

#8E3A18 #8E7518 #6C8E18

triadic

#8E7518 #188E75 #75188E

tetradic

#8E7518 #188E3A #18318E #8E186C

square

#8E7518 #188E3A #18318E #8E186C

split-complementary

#8E7518 #186C8E #3A188E

monochromatic

#251F06 #5A4A0F #8E7518 #C2A021 #DFBE41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8E7518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8E7518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7518

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7518	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)

#897A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.109 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39c5e',
    500: '#8e7518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7518;
$custom-light: #b39c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5704,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7518

secondary

#425DC0

accent

#60EE3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7518

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

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