#8E7D28#8E7D28

#8E7D28 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.105 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7D28
RGB	rgb(142, 125, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -3.46, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 46.65, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.014 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.105 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8729, 20.5722, 4.9838)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7D28 #28398E

analogous

#8E4A28 #8E7D28 #6C8E28

triadic

#8E7D28 #288E7D #7D288E

tetradic

#8E7D28 #288E4A #28398E #8E286C

square

#8E7D28 #288E4A #28398E #8E286C

split-complementary

#8E7D28 #286C8E #4A288E

monochromatic

#2F290D #5E531B #8E7D28 #BEA735 #D2BF5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8E7D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8E7D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7D28

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7D28	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E802D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 125, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.105 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a267',
    500: '#8e7d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7d28;
$custom-light: #b2a267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58917,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7D28

secondary

#5B6AB7

accent

#62DF48

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7D28

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

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