#8E7A20#8E7A20

#8E7A20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.108 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7A20
RGB	rgb(142, 122, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -2.18, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 48.91, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0112 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.108 96)
XYZ	xyz(18.3765, 19.7751, 4.2153)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7A20 #20348E

analogous

#8E4320 #8E7A20 #6B8E20

triadic

#8E7A20 #208E7A #7A208E

tetradic

#8E7A20 #208E43 #20348E #8E206B

square

#8E7A20 #208E43 #20348E #8E206B

split-complementary

#8E7A20 #206B8E #43208E

monochromatic

#2A2409 #5C4F15 #8E7A20 #C0A52B #D8BF51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8E7A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8E7A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7A20

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7A20	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)

#87770F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 122, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.108 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a063',
    500: '#8e7a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7a20;
$custom-light: #b3a063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5819,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.19774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7A20

secondary

#4F63BB

accent

#5FE642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7A20

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

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