#8E851E#8E851E

#8E851E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.118 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E851E
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -8.36, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 53.11, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0289 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.118 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7781, 22.6204, 4.5524)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E851E #1E278E

analogous

#8E4D1E #8E851E #5F8E1E

triadic

#8E851E #1E8E85 #851E8E

tetradic

#8E851E #1E8E4D #1E278E #8E1E5F

square

#8E851E #1E8E4D #1E278E #8E1E5F

split-complementary

#8E851E #1E5F8E #4D1E8E

monochromatic

#292609 #5B5613 #8E851E #C1B429 #D9CE4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8E851E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8E851E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E851E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E851E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E851E	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)

#928004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e851e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.118 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a863',
    500: '#8e851e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e851e;
$custom-light: #b3a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e851e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E851E

secondary

#4C55BC

accent

#4DE840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E851E

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

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