#8E7629#8E7629

#8E7629 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.099 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7629
RGB	rgb(142, 118, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 71.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 0.54, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 44.12, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.0024 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.099 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0350, 18.8688, 4.7895)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7629 #29418E

analogous

#8E4429 #8E7629 #738E29

triadic

#8E7629 #298E76 #76298E

tetradic

#8E7629 #298E44 #29418E #8E2973

square

#8E7629 #298E44 #29418E #8E2973

split-complementary

#8E7629 #29738E #44298E

monochromatic

#2F270E #5F4F1B #8E7629 #BD9D37 #D1B660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8E7629 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8E7629 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7629

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7629	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7629	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83741F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7629;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 118, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.099 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29d67',
    500: '#8e7629',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7629;
$custom-light: #b29d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7629",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57382,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7629

secondary

#5C72B7

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7629

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

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