#8E772C#8E772C

#8E772C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.097 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E772C
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 0.15, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 43.07, 89.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.0031 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.097 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2077, 19.1273, 5.1153)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E772C #2C438E

analogous

#8E462C #8E772C #748E2C

triadic

#8E772C #2C8E77 #772C8E

tetradic

#8E772C #2C8E46 #2C438E #8E2C74

square

#8E772C #2C8E46 #2C438E #8E2C74

split-complementary

#8E772C #2C748E #462C8E

monochromatic

#31290F #5F501E #8E772C #BD9E3A #CFB665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8E772C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8E772C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E772C

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E772C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E772C	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e772c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.097 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29d69',
    500: '#8e772c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e772c;
$custom-light: #b29d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e772c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57629,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E772C

secondary

#6074B6

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E772C

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

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