#8E8020#8E8020

#8E8020 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.112 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8020
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -5.53, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 50.75, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0207 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.112 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1361, 21.2943, 4.4685)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8020 #202E8E

analogous

#8E4920 #8E8020 #658E20

triadic

#8E8020 #208E80 #80208E

tetradic

#8E8020 #208E49 #202E8E #8E2065

square

#8E8020 #208E49 #202E8E #8E2065

split-complementary

#8E8020 #20658E #49208E

monochromatic

#2A2609 #5C5315 #8E8020 #C0AD2B #D8C751

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8E8020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8E8020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8020

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8020	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99766E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.112 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a464',
    500: '#8e8020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8020;
$custom-light: #b3a464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59528,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8020

secondary

#4F5DBB

accent

#57E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8020

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

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