#8E7722#8E7722

#8E7722 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.104 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7722
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, -0.40, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 47.30, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0059 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.104 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0419, 19.0610, 4.2419)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7722 #22398E

analogous

#8E4122 #8E7722 #6F8E22

triadic

#8E7722 #228E77 #77228E

tetradic

#8E7722 #228E41 #22398E #8E226F

square

#8E7722 #228E41 #22398E #8E226F

split-complementary

#8E7722 #226F8E #41228E

monochromatic

#2B240A #5D4E16 #8E7722 #BFA02E #D6BA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8E7722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8E7722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7722

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7722	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.104 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d63',
    500: '#8e7722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7722;
$custom-light: #b39d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57543,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7722

secondary

#5268BA

accent

#66E443

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7722

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

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