#8E802E#8E802E

#8E802E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.103 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E802E
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -4.78, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 45.08, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.017 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.103 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3685, 21.3873, 5.6922)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E802E #2E3C8E

analogous

#8E502E #8E802E #6C8E2E

triadic

#8E802E #2E8E80 #802E8E

tetradic

#8E802E #2E8E50 #2E3C8E #8E2E6C

square

#8E802E #2E8E50 #2E3C8E #8E2E6C

split-complementary

#8E802E #2E6C8E #502E8E

monochromatic

#322D10 #60561F #8E802E #BCAA3D #CEBF68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8E802E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8E802E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E802E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E802E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E802E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e802e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.103 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a46b',
    500: '#8e802e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e802e;
$custom-light: #b2a46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e802e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5964,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E802E

secondary

#636FB5

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E802E

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

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