#8E7E4A#8E7E4A

#8E7E4A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.074 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E4A
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 47.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -1.32, 30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 30.46, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0037 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.074 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8528, 21.1677, 9.5173)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E4A #4A5A8E

analogous

#8E5C4A #8E7E4A #7C8E4A

triadic

#8E7E4A #4A8E7E #7E4A8E

tetradic

#8E7E4A #4A8E5C #4A5A8E #8E4A7C

square

#8E7E4A #4A8E5C #4A5A8E #8E4A7C

split-complementary

#8E7E4A #4A7C8E #5C4A8E

monochromatic

#3E3720 #665A35 #8E7E4A #AF9E66 #C4B78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8E7E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8E7E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E4A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E4A	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.074 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a37d',
    500: '#8e7e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e4a;
$custom-light: #b0a37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59556,
    "c": 0.07351,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E4A

secondary

#848EB0

accent

#78C860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3EE

border

#D0CDC9

text

#110F0A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E4A

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

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