#8E8121#8E8121

#8E8121 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.113 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8121
RGB	rgb(142, 129, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -6.04, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 50.71, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% -0.022 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.113 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2810, 21.5620, 4.5848)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8121 #212E8E

analogous

#8E4B21 #8E8121 #658E21

triadic

#8E8121 #218E81 #81218E

tetradic

#8E8121 #218E4B #212E8E #8E2165

square

#8E8121 #218E4B #212E8E #8E2165

split-complementary

#8E8121 #21658E #4B218E

monochromatic

#2B270A #5C5415 #8E8121 #C0AE2D #D7C752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8E8121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8E8121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8121

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8121	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#8E7D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 129, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.113 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a564',
    500: '#8e8121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8121;
$custom-light: #b3a564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5976,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8121

secondary

#505DBA

accent

#56E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8121

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

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