#8E7E2A#8E7E2A

#8E7E2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.104 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E2A
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -3.91, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 46.13, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.015 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.104 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0350, 20.8406, 5.2100)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E2A #2A3A8E

analogous

#8E4C2A #8E7E2A #6C8E2A

triadic

#8E7E2A #2A8E7E #7E2A8E

tetradic

#8E7E2A #2A8E4C #2A3A8E #8E2A6C

square

#8E7E2A #2A8E4C #2A3A8E #8E2A6C

split-complementary

#8E7E2A #2A6C8E #4C2A8E

monochromatic

#302A0E #5F541C #8E7E2A #BDA838 #D1BF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8E7E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8E7E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E2A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E2A	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.104 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a369',
    500: '#8e7e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e2a;
$custom-light: #b2a369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59157,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E2A

secondary

#5D6CB6

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E2A

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

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