#8E801A#8E801A

#8E801A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E801A
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 26)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -5.77, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 52.78, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% -0.022 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0619, 21.2646, 4.0775)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E801A #1A288E

analogous

#8E461A #8E801A #628E1A

triadic

#8E801A #1A8E80 #801A8E

tetradic

#8E801A #1A8E46 #1A288E #8E1A62

square

#8E801A #1A8E46 #1A288E #8E1A62

split-complementary

#8E801A #1A628E #461A8E

monochromatic

#272307 #5A5111 #8E801A #C2AF23 #DDCB45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8E801A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8E801A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E801A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E801A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E801A	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A766D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e801a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a461',
    500: '#8e801a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e801a;
$custom-light: #b3a461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e801a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59492,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E801A

secondary

#4554BE

accent

#51EC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F3EB

border

#D0CDC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E801A

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

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