#8E802A#8E802A

#8E802A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.106 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E802A
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -5.02, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 46.81, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0182 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.106 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2933, 21.3572, 5.2961)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E802A #2A388E

analogous

#8E4E2A #8E802A #6A8E2A

triadic

#8E802A #2A8E80 #802A8E

tetradic

#8E802A #2A8E4E #2A388E #8E2A6A

square

#8E802A #2A8E4E #2A388E #8E2A6A

split-complementary

#8E802A #2A6A8E #4E2A8E

monochromatic

#302B0E #5F551C #8E802A #BDAB38 #D1C162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8E802A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8E802A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E802A

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E802A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E802A	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90822F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e802a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.106 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a469',
    500: '#8e802a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e802a;
$custom-light: #b2a469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e802a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59604,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E802A

secondary

#5D6AB6

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E802A

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

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