#8E7816#8E7816

#8E7816 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.112 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7816
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(49, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -1.44, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 51.75, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0101 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.112 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0176, 19.2427, 3.5241)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7816 #162C8E

analogous

#8E3C16 #8E7816 #688E16

triadic

#8E7816 #168E78 #78168E

tetradic

#8E7816 #168E3C #162C8E #8E1668

square

#8E7816 #168E3C #162C8E #8E1668

split-complementary

#8E7816 #16688E #3C168E

monochromatic

#241E06 #594B0E #8E7816 #C3A51E #E1C33D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E7816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E7816 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7816

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7816	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)

#8B7C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.112 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39e5e',
    500: '#8e7816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7816;
$custom-light: #b39e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57689,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7816

secondary

#3F57C1

accent

#5AF038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7816

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

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