#8E7714#8E7714

#8E7714 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.112 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7714
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 20)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, -0.94, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 52.08, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0088 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.112 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8795, 18.9960, 3.3865)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7714 #142B8E

analogous

#8E3A14 #8E7714 #688E14

triadic

#8E7714 #148E77 #77148E

tetradic

#8E7714 #148E3A #142B8E #8E1468

square

#8E7714 #148E3A #142B8E #8E1468

split-complementary

#8E7714 #14688E #3A148E

monochromatic

#231D05 #584A0C #8E7714 #C4A41C #E3C339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8E7714 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8E7714 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7714

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7714	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7714	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7714;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.112 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d5d',
    500: '#8e7714',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7714;
$custom-light: #b39d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7714",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57459,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7714

secondary

#3C55C2

accent

#59F236

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7714

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

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