#8E7828#8E7828

#8E7828 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.101 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7828
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, -0.65, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 45.12, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.006 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.101 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2557, 19.3379, 4.7781)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7828 #283E8E

analogous

#8E4528 #8E7828 #718E28

triadic

#8E7828 #288E78 #78288E

tetradic

#8E7828 #288E45 #283E8E #8E2871

square

#8E7828 #288E45 #283E8E #8E2871

split-complementary

#8E7828 #28718E #45288E

monochromatic

#2F270D #5E501B #8E7828 #BEA035 #D2B95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8E7828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8E7828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7828

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7828	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85761D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.101 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29e67',
    500: '#8e7828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7828;
$custom-light: #b29e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57811,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7828

secondary

#5B6FB7

accent

#69DF48

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7828

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

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