#8E7C1A#8E7C1A

#8E7C1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.113 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7C1A
RGB	rgb(142, 124, 26)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, -3.55, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 51.59, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0157 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.113 98)
XYZ	xyz(18.5504, 20.2417, 3.9070)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7C1A #1A2C8E

analogous

#8E421A #8E7C1A #668E1A

triadic

#8E7C1A #1A8E7C #7C1A8E

tetradic

#8E7C1A #1A8E42 #1A2C8E #8E1A66

square

#8E7C1A #1A8E42 #1A2C8E #8E1A66

split-complementary

#8E7C1A #1A668E #421A8E

monochromatic

#272207 #5A4F11 #8E7C1A #C2A923 #DDC545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8E7C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8E7C1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7C1A

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7C1A	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A726A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 124, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.113 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a160',
    500: '#8e7c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7c1a;
$custom-light: #b3a160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58597,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.20241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7C1A

secondary

#4558BE

accent

#57EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7C1A

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

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