#8E7B18#8E7B18

#8E7B18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.113 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7B18
RGB	rgb(142, 123, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -3.06, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 51.94, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.0145 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.113 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4042, 19.9837, 3.7518)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7B18 #182B8E

analogous

#8E4018 #8E7B18 #668E18

triadic

#8E7B18 #188E7B #7B188E

tetradic

#8E7B18 #188E40 #182B8E #8E1866

square

#8E7B18 #188E40 #182B8E #8E1866

split-complementary

#8E7B18 #18668E #40188E

monochromatic

#252006 #5A4E0F #8E7B18 #C2A821 #DFC641

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8E7B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8E7B18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7B18

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7B18	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 123, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.113 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a05f',
    500: '#8e7b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7b18;
$custom-light: #b3a05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58364,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7B18

secondary

#4256C0

accent

#57EE3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7B18

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

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