#8E7D1A#8E7D1A

#8E7D1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.113 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7D1A
RGB	rgb(142, 125, 26)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -4.10, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 51.88, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0173 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.113 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6764, 20.4936, 3.9490)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7D1A #1A2B8E

analogous

#8E431A #8E7D1A #658E1A

triadic

#8E7D1A #1A8E7D #7D1A8E

tetradic

#8E7D1A #1A8E43 #1A2B8E #8E1A65

square

#8E7D1A #1A8E43 #1A2B8E #8E1A65

split-complementary

#8E7D1A #1A658E #431A8E

monochromatic

#272207 #5A4F11 #8E7D1A #C2AB23 #DDC745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8E7D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8E7D1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7D1A

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7D1A	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 125, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.113 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a260',
    500: '#8e7d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7d1a;
$custom-light: #b3a260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5882,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7D1A

secondary

#4557BE

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7D1A

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

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