#8E7615#8E7615

#8E7615 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	#8E7615
RGB	rgb(142, 118, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, -0.34, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 51.55, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0071 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.111 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7702, 18.7629, 3.3949)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7615 #152D8E

analogous

#8E3A15 #8E7615 #6A8E15

triadic

#8E7615 #158E76 #76158E

tetradic

#8E7615 #158E3A #152D8E #8E156A

square

#8E7615 #158E3A #152D8E #8E156A

split-complementary

#8E7615 #156A8E #3A158E

monochromatic

#231D05 #594A0D #8E7615 #C3A21D #E2C13B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8E7615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8E7615 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7615

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7615	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)

#9A6C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 118, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.111 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d5d',
    500: '#8e7615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7615;
$custom-light: #b39d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57244,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7615

secondary

#3D57C2

accent

#5CF137

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7615

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

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