#8E851F#8E851F

#8E851F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.117 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E851F
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -8.32, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 52.77, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0287 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.117 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7911, 22.6256, 4.6207)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E851F #1F288E

analogous

#8E4E1F #8E851F #608E1F

triadic

#8E851F #1F8E85 #851F8E

tetradic

#8E851F #1F8E4E #1F288E #8E1F60

square

#8E851F #1F8E4E #1F288E #8E1F60

split-complementary

#8E851F #1F608E #4E1F8E

monochromatic

#2A2709 #5C5614 #8E851F #C0B42A #D9CD4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8E851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8E851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E851F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E851F	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.117 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a864',
    500: '#8e851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e851f;
$custom-light: #b3a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60651,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E851F

secondary

#4D56BB

accent

#4EE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E851F

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

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