#8E802B#8E802B

#8E802B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.105 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E802B
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -4.96, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 46.39, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.0179 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.105 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3114, 21.3644, 5.3916)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E802B #2B398E

analogous

#8E4F2B #8E802B #6B8E2B

triadic

#8E802B #2B8E80 #802B8E

tetradic

#8E802B #2B8E4F #2B398E #8E2B6B

square

#8E802B #2B8E4F #2B398E #8E2B6B

split-complementary

#8E802B #2B6B8E #4F2B8E

monochromatic

#302B0F #5F561D #8E802B #BDAA39 #D0C163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8E802B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8E802B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E802B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E802B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E802B	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)

#8C7C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e802b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.105 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a469',
    500: '#8e802b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e802b;
$custom-light: #b2a469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e802b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59613,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E802B

secondary

#5F6BB6

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E802B

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

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