#8E8321#8E8321

#8E8321 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.114 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8321
RGB	rgb(142, 131, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -7.14, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 51.38, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.0251 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.114 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5470, 22.0940, 4.6735)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8321 #212C8E

analogous

#8E4D21 #8E8321 #638E21

triadic

#8E8321 #218E83 #83218E

tetradic

#8E8321 #218E4D #212C8E #8E2163

square

#8E8321 #218E4D #212C8E #8E2163

split-complementary

#8E8321 #21638E #4D218E

monochromatic

#2B270A #5C5515 #8E8321 #C0B12D #D7CA52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8E8321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8E8321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8321

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8321	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)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 131, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.114 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a664',
    500: '#8e8321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8321;
$custom-light: #b2a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6021,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8321

secondary

#505BBA

accent

#53E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8321

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

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