#8E8232#8E8232

#8E8232 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.101 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8232
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -5.63, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 44.00, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0189 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.101 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7145, 21.9472, 6.2148)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8232 #323E8E

analogous

#8E5432 #8E8232 #6C8E32

triadic

#8E8232 #328E82 #82328E

tetradic

#8E8232 #328E54 #323E8E #8E326C

square

#8E8232 #328E54 #323E8E #8E326C

split-complementary

#8E8232 #326C8E #54328E

monochromatic

#332F12 #615922 #8E8232 #BBAB42 #CCC06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8E8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8E8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8232

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8232	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)

#8E7E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.101 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a66e',
    500: '#8e8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8232;
$custom-light: #b2a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60128,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8232

secondary

#6872B4

accent

#62D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8232

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

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