#8E8323#8E8323

#8E8323 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.113 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8323
RGB	rgb(142, 131, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -7.04, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 50.65, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.0247 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.113 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5759, 22.1056, 4.8254)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8323 #232E8E

analogous

#8E4E23 #8E8323 #638E23

triadic

#8E8323 #238E83 #83238E

tetradic

#8E8323 #238E4E #232E8E #8E2363

square

#8E8323 #238E4E #232E8E #8E2363

split-complementary

#8E8323 #23638E #4E238E

monochromatic

#2C280B #5D5617 #8E8323 #BFB02F #D5C856

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8E8323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8E8323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8323

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8323	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#8F7F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 131, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.113 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a665',
    500: '#8e8323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8323;
$custom-light: #b2a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60224,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8323

secondary

#535EB9

accent

#55E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8323

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

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