#8E8023#8E8023

#8E8023 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8023
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -5.39, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 49.63, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.02 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1788, 21.3114, 4.6931)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8023 #23318E

analogous

#8E4B23 #8E8023 #668E23

triadic

#8E8023 #238E80 #80238E

tetradic

#8E8023 #238E4B #23318E #8E2366

square

#8E8023 #238E4B #23318E #8E2366

split-complementary

#8E8023 #23668E #4B238E

monochromatic

#2C270B #5D5417 #8E8023 #BFAC2F #D5C556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8E8023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8E8023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8023

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8023	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)

#8D7C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99766E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a465',
    500: '#8e8023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8023;
$custom-light: #b2a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59549,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8023

secondary

#5361B9

accent

#59E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8023

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

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