#8E7E2F#8E7E2F

#8E7E2F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.100 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E2F
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -3.60, 43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 43.93, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0135 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.1 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1301, 20.8786, 5.7111)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E2F #2F3F8E

analogous

#8E4F2F #8E7E2F #6F8E2F

triadic

#8E7E2F #2F8E7E #7E2F8E

tetradic

#8E7E2F #2F8E4F #2F3F8E #8E2F6F

square

#8E7E2F #2F8E4F #2F3F8E #8E2F6F

split-complementary

#8E7E2F #2F6F8E #4F2F8E

monochromatic

#322C11 #605520 #8E7E2F #BCA73E #CEBD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8E7E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8E7E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E2F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E2F	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.100 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a36c',
    500: '#8e7e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e2f;
$custom-light: #b2a36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59204,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E2F

secondary

#6472B5

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E2F

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

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