#8E7A15#8E7A15

#8E7A15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.113 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7A15
RGB	rgb(142, 122, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, -2.59, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 52.56, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0134 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.113 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2512, 19.7250, 3.5553)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7A15 #15298E

analogous

#8E3E15 #8E7A15 #658E15

triadic

#8E7A15 #158E7A #7A158E

tetradic

#8E7A15 #158E3E #15298E #8E1565

square

#8E7A15 #158E3E #15298E #8E1565

split-complementary

#8E7A15 #15658E #3E158E

monochromatic

#231E05 #594C0D #8E7A15 #C3A81D #E2C73B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8E7A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8E7A15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7A15

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7A15	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 122, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.113 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a05e',
    500: '#8e7a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7a15;
$custom-light: #b3a05e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58127,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7A15

secondary

#3D53C2

accent

#56F137

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7A15

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

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