#8E8316#8E8316

#8E8316 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.120 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8316
RGB	rgb(142, 131, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(55, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -7.55, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 54.90, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0273 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.12 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4174, 22.0422, 3.9907)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8316 #16218E

analogous

#8E4716 #8E8316 #5D8E16

triadic

#8E8316 #168E83 #83168E

tetradic

#8E8316 #168E47 #16218E #8E165D

square

#8E8316 #168E47 #16218E #8E165D

split-complementary

#8E8316 #165D8E #47168E

monochromatic

#242106 #59520E #8E8316 #C3B41E #E1D23D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8E8316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8E8316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8316

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8316	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 131, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.120 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a660',
    500: '#8e8316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8316;
$custom-light: #b3a660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60149,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8316

secondary

#3F4BC1

accent

#49F038

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F6F4EA

border

#D0CEC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8316

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

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