#8E8231#8E8231

#8E8231 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.102 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8231
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -5.69, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 44.45, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0192 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.102 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6931, 21.9386, 6.1024)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8231 #313D8E

analogous

#8E5331 #8E8231 #6C8E31

triadic

#8E8231 #318E82 #82318E

tetradic

#8E8231 #318E53 #313D8E #8E316C

square

#8E8231 #318E53 #313D8E #8E316C

split-complementary

#8E8231 #316C8E #53318E

monochromatic

#332F12 #615821 #8E8231 #BBAC41 #CDC06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8E8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8E8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8231

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8231	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.102 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a66d',
    500: '#8e8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8231;
$custom-light: #b2a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60117,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8231

secondary

#6771B4

accent

#61D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8231

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

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