#8E7A18#8E7A18

#8E7A18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.112 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7A18
RGB	rgb(142, 122, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -2.50, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 51.66, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0129 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.112 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2807, 19.7368, 3.7107)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7A18 #182C8E

analogous

#8E3F18 #8E7A18 #678E18

triadic

#8E7A18 #188E7A #7A188E

tetradic

#8E7A18 #188E3F #182C8E #8E1867

square

#8E7A18 #188E3F #182C8E #8E1867

split-complementary

#8E7A18 #18678E #3F188E

monochromatic

#252006 #5A4D0F #8E7A18 #C2A721 #DFC441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8E7A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8E7A18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7A18

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7A18	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 122, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.112 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a05f',
    500: '#8e7a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7a18;
$custom-light: #b3a05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58142,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7A18

secondary

#4257C0

accent

#58EE3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7A18

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →