#8E7B19#8E7B19

#8E7B19 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.112 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7B19
RGB	rgb(142, 123, 25)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -3.02, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 51.62, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% -0.0143 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.112 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4147, 19.9879, 3.8076)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7B19 #192C8E

analogous

#8E4019 #8E7B19 #678E19

triadic

#8E7B19 #198E7B #7B198E

tetradic

#8E7B19 #198E40 #192C8E #8E1967

square

#8E7B19 #198E40 #192C8E #8E1967

split-complementary

#8E7B19 #19678E #40198E

monochromatic

#262107 #5A4E10 #8E7B19 #C2A822 #DEC543

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8E7B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8E7B19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7B19

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7B19	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: #8e7b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 123, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.112 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a060',
    500: '#8e7b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7b19;
$custom-light: #b3a060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58369,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7B19

secondary

#4458BF

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7B19

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

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