#8E7E1A#8E7E1A

#8E7E1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E1A
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 26)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -4.66, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 52.17, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0188 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8036, 20.7480, 3.9914)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E1A #1A2A8E

analogous

#8E441A #8E7E1A #648E1A

triadic

#8E7E1A #1A8E7E #7E1A8E

tetradic

#8E7E1A #1A8E44 #1A2A8E #8E1A64

square

#8E7E1A #1A8E44 #1A2A8E #8E1A64

split-complementary

#8E7E1A #1A648E #441A8E

monochromatic

#272207 #5A5011 #8E7E1A #C2AC23 #DDC845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8E7E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8E7E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E1A

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E1A	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a360',
    500: '#8e7e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e1a;
$custom-light: #b3a360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59044,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E1A

secondary

#4556BE

accent

#54EC3C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E1A

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

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