#8E7B1A#8E7B1A

#8E7B1A 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	#8E7B1A
RGB	rgb(142, 123, 26)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, -2.99, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 51.30, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0141 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.112 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4257, 19.9923, 3.8655)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7B1A #1A2D8E

analogous

#8E411A #8E7B1A #678E1A

triadic

#8E7B1A #1A8E7B #7B1A8E

tetradic

#8E7B1A #1A8E41 #1A2D8E #8E1A67

square

#8E7B1A #1A8E41 #1A2D8E #8E1A67

split-complementary

#8E7B1A #1A678E #411A8E

monochromatic

#272107 #5A4E11 #8E7B1A #C2A823 #DDC445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8E7B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8E7B1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7B1A

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7B1A	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)

#887801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 123, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.112 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a060',
    500: '#8e7b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7b1a;
$custom-light: #b3a060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58375,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7B1A

secondary

#4559BE

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7B1A

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

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