#8E752A#8E752A

#8E752A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.098 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E752A
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 1.16, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 43.40, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.0005 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.098 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9355, 18.6416, 4.8435)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E752A #2A438E

analogous

#8E432A #8E752A #758E2A

triadic

#8E752A #2A8E75 #752A8E

tetradic

#8E752A #2A8E43 #2A438E #8E2A75

square

#8E752A #2A8E43 #2A438E #8E2A75

split-complementary

#8E752A #2A758E #432A8E

monochromatic

#30270E #5F4E1C #8E752A #BD9C38 #D1B562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8E752A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8E752A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E752A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E752A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E752A	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e752a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.098 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29c68',
    500: '#8e752a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e752a;
$custom-light: #b29c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e752a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57173,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E752A

secondary

#5D74B6

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E752A

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

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