#8E7716#8E7716

#8E7716 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.111 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7716
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(49, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, -0.87, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 51.50, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0085 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.111 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8980, 19.0034, 3.4842)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7716 #162D8E

analogous

#8E3B16 #8E7716 #698E16

triadic

#8E7716 #168E77 #77168E

tetradic

#8E7716 #168E3B #162D8E #8E1669

square

#8E7716 #168E3B #162D8E #8E1669

split-complementary

#8E7716 #16698E #3B168E

monochromatic

#241E06 #594B0E #8E7716 #C3A31E #E1C23D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8E7716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8E7716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7716

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7716	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#8B7C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.111 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d5e',
    500: '#8e7716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7716;
$custom-light: #b39d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57469,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7716

secondary

#3F58C1

accent

#5BF038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7716

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

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