#8E7520#8E7520

#8E7520 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.104 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7520
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 0.64, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 47.55, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% -0.0032 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.104 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7783, 18.5787, 4.0159)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7520 #20398E

analogous

#8E3E20 #8E7520 #708E20

triadic

#8E7520 #208E75 #75208E

tetradic

#8E7520 #208E3E #20398E #8E2070

square

#8E7520 #208E3E #20398E #8E2070

split-complementary

#8E7520 #20708E #3E208E

monochromatic

#2A2309 #5C4C15 #8E7520 #C09E2B #D8B951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8E7520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8E7520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7520

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7520	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.104 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39c62',
    500: '#8e7520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7520;
$custom-light: #b39c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57091,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7520

secondary

#4F67BB

accent

#67E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7520

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

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