#8E7C16#8E7C16

#8E7C16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.114 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7C16
RGB	rgb(142, 124, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(51, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -3.68, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 52.82, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0164 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.114 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5088, 20.2250, 3.6878)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7C16 #16288E

analogous

#8E4016 #8E7C16 #648E16

triadic

#8E7C16 #168E7C #7C168E

tetradic

#8E7C16 #168E40 #16288E #8E1664

square

#8E7C16 #168E40 #16288E #8E1664

split-complementary

#8E7C16 #16648E #40168E

monochromatic

#241F06 #594E0E #8E7C16 #C3AA1E #E1C83D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8E7C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#8E7C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7C16

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7C16	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A726A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 124, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.114 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a15f',
    500: '#8e7c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7c16;
$custom-light: #b3a15f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58576,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7C16

secondary

#3F52C1

accent

#54F038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7C16

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

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