#8E7E23#8E7E23

#8E7E23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.109 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E23
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -4.28, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 48.99, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0169 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.109 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9205, 20.7948, 4.6070)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E23 #23338E

analogous

#8E4923 #8E7E23 #698E23

triadic

#8E7E23 #238E7E #7E238E

tetradic

#8E7E23 #238E49 #23338E #8E2369

square

#8E7E23 #238E49 #23338E #8E2369

split-complementary

#8E7E23 #23698E #49238E

monochromatic

#2C270B #5D5217 #8E7E23 #BFAA2F #D5C256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8E7E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8E7E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E23

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E23	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)

#8B7B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.109 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a365',
    500: '#8e7e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e23;
$custom-light: #b2a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59101,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E23

secondary

#5363B9

accent

#5CE444

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E23

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

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