#8E811E#8E811E

#8E811E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.114 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E811E
RGB	rgb(142, 129, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -6.17, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 51.78, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0227 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.114 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2408, 21.5459, 4.3733)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E811E #1E2B8E

analogous

#8E491E #8E811E #638E1E

triadic

#8E811E #1E8E81 #811E8E

tetradic

#8E811E #1E8E49 #1E2B8E #8E1E63

square

#8E811E #1E8E49 #1E2B8E #8E1E63

split-complementary

#8E811E #1E638E #491E8E

monochromatic

#292509 #5B5313 #8E811E #C1AF29 #D9C94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8E811E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8E811E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E811E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E811E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E811E	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)

#8E7D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e811e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 129, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.114 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a563',
    500: '#8e811e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e811e;
$custom-light: #b3a563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e811e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5974,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E811E

secondary

#4C59BC

accent

#53E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E811E

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

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