#8E8331#8E8331

#8E8331 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.103 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8331
RGB	rgb(142, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, -6.25, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 44.83, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0208 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.103 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8268, 22.2059, 6.1469)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8331 #313C8E

analogous

#8E5431 #8E8331 #6B8E31

triadic

#8E8331 #318E83 #83318E

tetradic

#8E8331 #318E54 #313C8E #8E316B

square

#8E8331 #318E54 #313C8E #8E316B

split-complementary

#8E8331 #316B8E #54318E

monochromatic

#332F12 #615921 #8E8331 #BBAD41 #CDC16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8E8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8E8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8331

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8331	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.103 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a66d',
    500: '#8e8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8331;
$custom-light: #b2a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60342,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8331

secondary

#6770B4

accent

#60D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8331

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

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