#8E7E2C#8E7E2C

#8E7E2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.103 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E2C
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -3.79, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 45.27, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0144 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.103 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0717, 20.8553, 5.4033)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E2C #2C3C8E

analogous

#8E4D2C #8E7E2C #6D8E2C

triadic

#8E7E2C #2C8E7E #7E2C8E

tetradic

#8E7E2C #2C8E4D #2C3C8E #8E2C6D

square

#8E7E2C #2C8E4D #2C3C8E #8E2C6D

split-complementary

#8E7E2C #2C6D8E #4D2C8E

monochromatic

#312B0F #5F551E #8E7E2C #BDA73A #CFBE65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8E7E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8E7E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E2C

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E2C	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)

#8A7B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.103 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a36a',
    500: '#8e7e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e2c;
$custom-light: #b2a36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59175,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E2C

secondary

#606EB6

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E2C

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

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