#8E851D#8E851D

#8E851D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.119 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E851D
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 29)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -8.40, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 53.44, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0291 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.119 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7655, 22.6154, 4.4862)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E851D #1D268E

analogous

#8E4C1D #8E851D #5E8E1D

triadic

#8E851D #1D8E85 #851D8E

tetradic

#8E851D #1D8E4C #1D268E #8E1D5E

square

#8E851D #1D8E4C #1D268E #8E1D5E

split-complementary

#8E851D #1D5E8E #4C1D8E

monochromatic

#282608 #5B5513 #8E851D #C1B527 #DACF4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8E851D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8E851D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E851D

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E851D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E851D	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e851d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.119 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a863',
    500: '#8e851d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e851d;
$custom-light: #b3a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e851d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60639,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E851D

secondary

#4A53BD

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E851D

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

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