#8E7D2A#8E7D2A

#8E7D2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.103 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7D2A
RGB	rgb(142, 125, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -3.35, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 45.80, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0134 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.103 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9078, 20.5861, 5.1676)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7D2A #2A3B8E

analogous

#8E4B2A #8E7D2A #6D8E2A

triadic

#8E7D2A #2A8E7D #7D2A8E

tetradic

#8E7D2A #2A8E4B #2A3B8E #8E2A6D

square

#8E7D2A #2A8E4B #2A3B8E #8E2A6D

split-complementary

#8E7D2A #2A6D8E #4B2A8E

monochromatic

#302A0E #5F531C #8E7D2A #BDA738 #D1BE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8E7D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8E7D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7D2A

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7D2A	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E802F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 125, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.103 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a269',
    500: '#8e7d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7d2a;
$custom-light: #b2a269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58934,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7D2A

secondary

#5D6CB6

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7D2A

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

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