#8E7E20#8E7E20

#8E7E20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.111 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E20
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 32)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -4.42, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 50.11, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0176 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.111 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8778, 20.7777, 4.3824)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E20 #20308E

analogous

#8E4720 #8E7E20 #678E20

triadic

#8E7E20 #208E7E #7E208E

tetradic

#8E7E20 #208E47 #20308E #8E2067

square

#8E7E20 #208E47 #20308E #8E2067

split-complementary

#8E7E20 #20678E #47208E

monochromatic

#2A2509 #5C5215 #8E7E20 #C0AA2B #D8C451

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8E7E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8E7E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E20

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E20	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.111 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a363',
    500: '#8e7e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e20;
$custom-light: #b3a363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5908,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E20

secondary

#4F5FBB

accent

#5AE642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E20

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

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