#8E812E#8E812E

#8E812E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.104 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E812E
RGB	rgb(142, 129, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -5.33, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 45.43, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0186 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.104 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4996, 21.6494, 5.7359)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E812E #2E3B8E

analogous

#8E512E #8E812E #6B8E2E

triadic

#8E812E #2E8E81 #812E8E

tetradic

#8E812E #2E8E51 #2E3B8E #8E2E6B

square

#8E812E #2E8E51 #2E3B8E #8E2E6B

split-complementary

#8E812E #2E6B8E #512E8E

monochromatic

#322D10 #60571F #8E812E #BCAB3D #CEC068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8E812E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8E812E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E812E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E812E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E812E	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e812e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 129, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.104 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a56b',
    500: '#8e812e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e812e;
$custom-light: #b2a56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e812e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59864,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E812E

secondary

#636EB5

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E812E

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

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