#8E7E24#8E7E24

#8E7E24 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.108 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E24
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -4.23, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 48.60, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0166 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.108 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9355, 20.8008, 4.6863)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E24 #24348E

analogous

#8E4924 #8E7E24 #698E24

triadic

#8E7E24 #248E7E #7E248E

tetradic

#8E7E24 #248E49 #24348E #8E2469

square

#8E7E24 #248E49 #24348E #8E2469

split-complementary

#8E7E24 #24698E #49248E

monochromatic

#2C270B #5D5318 #8E7E24 #BFA930 #D5C258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8E7E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8E7E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E24

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E24	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)

#8B7B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.108 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a365',
    500: '#8e7e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e24;
$custom-light: #b2a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59108,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E24

secondary

#5564B9

accent

#5DE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E24

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

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