#8E8136#8E8136

#8E8136 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.097 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8136
RGB	rgb(142, 129, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -4.79, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 41.75, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.016 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.097 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6722, 21.7185, 6.6452)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8136 #36438E

analogous

#8E5536 #8E8136 #6F8E36

triadic

#8E8136 #368E81 #81368E

tetradic

#8E8136 #368E55 #36438E #8E366F

square

#8E8136 #368E55 #36438E #8E366F

split-complementary

#8E8136 #366F8E #55368E

monochromatic

#353014 #625925 #8E8136 #B9A948 #CABE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8E8136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#8E8136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8136

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8136	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 129, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.097 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a570',
    500: '#8e8136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8136;
$custom-light: #b1a570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 44.898,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59947,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8136

secondary

#6D77B3

accent

#66D553

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8136

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

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