#8E831B#8E831B

#8E831B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.118 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E831B
RGB	rgb(142, 131, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -7.38, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 53.42, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0264 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.118 103)
XYZ	xyz(19.4704, 22.0634, 4.2698)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E831B #1B268E

analogous

#8E491B #8E831B #5F8E1B

triadic

#8E831B #1B8E83 #831B8E

tetradic

#8E831B #1B8E49 #1B268E #8E1B5F

square

#8E831B #1B8E49 #1B268E #8E1B5F

split-complementary

#8E831B #1B5F8E #491B8E

monochromatic

#272407 #5B5411 #8E831B #C1B225 #DCCE47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8E831B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8E831B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E831B

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E831B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E831B	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)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e831b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 131, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.118 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a662',
    500: '#8e831b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e831b;
$custom-light: #b3a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e831b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60174,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.22063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E831B

secondary

#4752BE

accent

#4EEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E831B

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

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