#8E7E2B#8E7E2B

#8E7E2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.103 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E2B
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -3.85, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 45.70, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0147 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.103 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0531, 20.8478, 5.3055)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E2B #2B3B8E

analogous

#8E4D2B #8E7E2B #6D8E2B

triadic

#8E7E2B #2B8E7E #7E2B8E

tetradic

#8E7E2B #2B8E4D #2B3B8E #8E2B6D

square

#8E7E2B #2B8E4D #2B3B8E #8E2B6D

split-complementary

#8E7E2B #2B6D8E #4D2B8E

monochromatic

#302B0F #5F541D #8E7E2B #BDA839 #D0BE63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8E7E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8E7E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E2B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E2B	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)

#8A7B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.103 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a369',
    500: '#8e7e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e2b;
$custom-light: #b2a369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59166,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E2B

secondary

#5F6DB6

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E2B

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

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