#8E8119#8E8119

#8E8119 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8119
RGB	rgb(142, 129, 25)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -6.36, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 53.40, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% -0.0237 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.117 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1820, 21.5224, 4.0634)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8119 #19268E

analogous

#8E4619 #8E8119 #618E19

triadic

#8E8119 #198E81 #81198E

tetradic

#8E8119 #198E46 #19268E #8E1961

square

#8E8119 #198E46 #19268E #8E1961

split-complementary

#8E8119 #19618E #46198E

monochromatic

#262207 #5A5210 #8E8119 #C2B022 #DECD43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8E8119 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8E8119 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8119

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8119	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8119	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8119;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 129, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a560',
    500: '#8e8119',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8119;
$custom-light: #b3a560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8119",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59712,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8119

secondary

#4451BF

accent

#4FED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8119

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

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