#8E7916#8E7916

#8E7916 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.112 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7916
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, -2.00, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 52.01, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0117 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.112 96)
XYZ	xyz(18.1385, 19.4845, 3.5644)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7916 #162B8E

analogous

#8E3D16 #8E7916 #678E16

triadic

#8E7916 #168E79 #79168E

tetradic

#8E7916 #168E3D #162B8E #8E1667

square

#8E7916 #168E3D #162B8E #8E1667

split-complementary

#8E7916 #16678E #3D168E

monochromatic

#241F06 #594C0E #8E7916 #C3A61E #E1C43D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8E7916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8E7916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7916

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7916	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.112 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39f5e',
    500: '#8e7916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7916;
$custom-light: #b39f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5791,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.19483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7916

secondary

#3F56C1

accent

#58F038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7916

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

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