#8E811A#8E811A

#8E811A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E811A
RGB	rgb(142, 129, 26)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -6.32, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 53.09, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0235 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1930, 21.5268, 4.1212)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E811A #1A278E

analogous

#8E471A #8E811A #618E1A

triadic

#8E811A #1A8E81 #811A8E

tetradic

#8E811A #1A8E47 #1A278E #8E1A61

square

#8E811A #1A8E47 #1A278E #8E1A61

split-complementary

#8E811A #1A618E #471A8E

monochromatic

#272307 #5A5211 #8E811A #C2B023 #DDCC45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8E811A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8E811A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E811A

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E811A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E811A	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	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: #8e811a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 129, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a561',
    500: '#8e811a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e811a;
$custom-light: #b3a561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e811a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59717,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E811A

secondary

#4553BE

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E811A

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

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