#8E7D2C#8E7D2C

#8E7D2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.102 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7D2C
RGB	rgb(142, 125, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -3.23, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 44.93, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.0128 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.102 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9444, 20.6008, 5.3609)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7D2C #2C3D8E

analogous

#8E4C2C #8E7D2C #6E8E2C

triadic

#8E7D2C #2C8E7D #7D2C8E

tetradic

#8E7D2C #2C8E4C #2C3D8E #8E2C6E

square

#8E7D2C #2C8E4C #2C3D8E #8E2C6E

split-complementary

#8E7D2C #2C6E8E #4C2C8E

monochromatic

#312B0F #5F541E #8E7D2C #BDA63A #CFBD65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8E7D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8E7D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7D2C

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7D2C	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)

#897A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 125, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.102 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a26a',
    500: '#8e7d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7d2c;
$custom-light: #b2a26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.592,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58953,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7D2C

secondary

#606FB6

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7D2C

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

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