#8E7719#8E7719

#8E7719 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.110 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7719
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 25)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, -0.77, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 50.55, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.0079 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.11 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9286, 19.0157, 3.6456)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7719 #19308E

analogous

#8E3C19 #8E7719 #6A8E19

triadic

#8E7719 #198E77 #77198E

tetradic

#8E7719 #198E3C #19308E #8E196A

square

#8E7719 #198E3C #19308E #8E196A

split-complementary

#8E7719 #196A8E #3C198E

monochromatic

#262007 #5A4B10 #8E7719 #C2A322 #DEC043

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8E7719 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8E7719 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7719

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7719	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7719	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)

#857501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7719;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.110 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d5f',
    500: '#8e7719',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7719;
$custom-light: #b39d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7719",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57485,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7719

secondary

#445CBF

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7719

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

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