#8E7815#8E7815

#8E7815 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.112 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7815
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(49, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -1.47, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 52.04, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0103 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.112 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0082, 19.2389, 3.4743)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7815 #152B8E

analogous

#8E3C15 #8E7815 #688E15

triadic

#8E7815 #158E78 #78158E

tetradic

#8E7815 #158E3C #152B8E #8E1568

square

#8E7815 #158E3C #152B8E #8E1568

split-complementary

#8E7815 #15688E #3C158E

monochromatic

#231E05 #594B0D #8E7815 #C3A51D #E2C43B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E7815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E7815 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7815

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7815	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.112 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39e5e',
    500: '#8e7815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7815;
$custom-light: #b39e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57684,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7815

secondary

#3D55C2

accent

#59F137

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7815

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

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