#8E7614#8E7614

#8E7614 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.111 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7614
RGB	rgb(142, 118, 20)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, -0.37, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 51.84, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0072 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.111 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7611, 18.7592, 3.3471)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7614 #142C8E

analogous

#8E3914 #8E7614 #698E14

triadic

#8E7614 #148E76 #76148E

tetradic

#8E7614 #148E39 #142C8E #8E1469

square

#8E7614 #148E39 #142C8E #8E1469

split-complementary

#8E7614 #14698E #39148E

monochromatic

#231D05 #58490C #8E7614 #C4A31C #E3C239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8E7614 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8E7614 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7614

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7614	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7614	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7614;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 118, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.111 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d5d',
    500: '#8e7614',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7614;
$custom-light: #b39d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7614",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57239,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7614

secondary

#3C56C2

accent

#5BF236

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7614

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

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