#8E772E#8E772E

#8E772E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.096 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E772E
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 0.27, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 42.16, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0025 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.096 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2462, 19.1427, 5.3181)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E772E #2E458E

analogous

#8E472E #8E772E #758E2E

triadic

#8E772E #2E8E77 #772E8E

tetradic

#8E772E #2E8E47 #2E458E #8E2E75

square

#8E772E #2E8E47 #2E458E #8E2E75

split-complementary

#8E772E #2E758E #472E8E

monochromatic

#322A10 #60501F #8E772E #BC9E3D #CEB668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8E772E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8E772E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E772E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E772E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E772E	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)

#847525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e772e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.096 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29e6a',
    500: '#8e772e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e772e;
$custom-light: #b29e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e772e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57649,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E772E

secondary

#6376B5

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E772E

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