#8E8320#8E8320

#8E8320 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.115 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8320
RGB	rgb(142, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -7.18, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 51.74, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0254 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.115 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5332, 22.0885, 4.6008)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8320 #202B8E

analogous

#8E4C20 #8E8320 #628E20

triadic

#8E8320 #208E83 #83208E

tetradic

#8E8320 #208E4C #202B8E #8E2062

square

#8E8320 #208E4C #202B8E #8E2062

split-complementary

#8E8320 #20628E #4C208E

monochromatic

#2A2709 #5C5515 #8E8320 #C0B12B #D8CA51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8E8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8E8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8320

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8320	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.115 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a664',
    500: '#8e8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8320;
$custom-light: #b3a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60204,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8320

secondary

#4F5ABB

accent

#52E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8320

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

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