#8E7622#8E7622

#8E7622 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.104 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7622
RGB	rgb(142, 118, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 0.17, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 47.03, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0043 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.104 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9235, 18.8242, 4.2024)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7622 #223A8E

analogous

#8E4022 #8E7622 #708E22

triadic

#8E7622 #228E76 #76228E

tetradic

#8E7622 #228E40 #223A8E #8E2270

square

#8E7622 #228E40 #223A8E #8E2270

split-complementary

#8E7622 #22708E #40228E

monochromatic

#2B240A #5D4D16 #8E7622 #BF9F2E #D6B954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8E7622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8E7622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7622

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7622	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 118, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.104 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d63',
    500: '#8e7622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7622;
$custom-light: #b39d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57324,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7622

secondary

#5269BA

accent

#67E443

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7622

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

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