#8E7D2B#8E7D2B

#8E7D2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.103 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7D2B
RGB	rgb(142, 125, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -3.29, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 45.37, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0131 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.103 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9259, 20.5934, 5.2631)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7D2B #2B3C8E

analogous

#8E4C2B #8E7D2B #6E8E2B

triadic

#8E7D2B #2B8E7D #7D2B8E

tetradic

#8E7D2B #2B8E4C #2B3C8E #8E2B6E

square

#8E7D2B #2B8E4C #2B3C8E #8E2B6E

split-complementary

#8E7D2B #2B6E8E #4C2B8E

monochromatic

#302A0F #5F541D #8E7D2B #BDA639 #D0BD63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8E7D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8E7D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7D2B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7D2B	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)

#897A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 125, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.103 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a269',
    500: '#8e7d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7d2b;
$custom-light: #b2a269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58943,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7D2B

secondary

#5F6EB6

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7D2B

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

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