#8E861F#8E861F

#8E861F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.118 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E861F
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 31)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -8.86, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 53.12, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0302 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.118 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9286, 22.9007, 4.6666)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E861F #1F278E

analogous

#8E4F1F #8E861F #5F8E1F

triadic

#8E861F #1F8E86 #861F8E

tetradic

#8E861F #1F8E4F #1F278E #8E1F5F

square

#8E861F #1F8E4F #1F278E #8E1F5F

split-complementary

#8E861F #1F5F8E #4F1F8E

monochromatic

#2A2709 #5C5714 #8E861F #C0B52A #D9CF4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8E861F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8E861F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E861F

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E861F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E861F	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e861f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.118 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a864',
    500: '#8e861f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e861f;
$custom-light: #b3a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e861f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60878,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E861F

secondary

#4D55BB

accent

#4DE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E861F

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

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