#8E7E25#8E7E25

#8E7E25 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.108 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E25
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 73.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -4.18, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 48.20, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0164 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.108 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9510, 20.8070, 4.7678)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E25 #25358E

analogous

#8E4925 #8E7E25 #6A8E25

triadic

#8E7E25 #258E7E #7E258E

tetradic

#8E7E25 #258E49 #25358E #8E256A

square

#8E7E25 #258E49 #25358E #8E256A

split-complementary

#8E7E25 #256A8E #49258E

monochromatic

#2D280C #5D5318 #8E7E25 #BFA932 #D4C15A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8E7E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8E7E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E25

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E25	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)

#8B7B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.108 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a366',
    500: '#8e7e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e25;
$custom-light: #b2a366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59116,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E25

secondary

#5665B9

accent

#5EE246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E25

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

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