#8E772D#8E772D

#8E772D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.097 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E772D
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 0.21, 42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 42.62, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.0028 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.097 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2267, 19.1349, 5.2155)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E772D #2D448E

analogous

#8E472D #8E772D #758E2D

triadic

#8E772D #2D8E77 #772D8E

tetradic

#8E772D #2D8E47 #2D448E #8E2D75

square

#8E772D #2D8E47 #2D448E #8E2D75

split-complementary

#8E772D #2D758E #472D8E

monochromatic

#312910 #60501E #8E772D #BC9E3C #CFB667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8E772D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8E772D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E772D

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E772D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E772D	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)

#847524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e772d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.097 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29e6a',
    500: '#8e772d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e772d;
$custom-light: #b29e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e772d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57639,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E772D

secondary

#6175B5

accent

#6EDB4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E772D

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

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