#8E8219#8E8219

#8E8219 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.118 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8219
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 25)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(54, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -6.91, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 53.72, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0253 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.118 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3144, 21.7871, 4.1075)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8219 #19258E

analogous

#8E4719 #8E8219 #608E19

triadic

#8E8219 #198E82 #82198E

tetradic

#8E8219 #198E47 #19258E #8E1960

square

#8E8219 #198E47 #19258E #8E1960

split-complementary

#8E8219 #19608E #47198E

monochromatic

#262307 #5A5210 #8E8219 #C2B222 #DECE43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8E8219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8E8219 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8219

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8219	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.118 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a661',
    500: '#8e8219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8219;
$custom-light: #b3a661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59938,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8219

secondary

#4450BF

accent

#4DED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8219

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

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