#8E8416#8E8416

#8E8416 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.121 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8416
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(55, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -8.10, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 55.22, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% -0.0288 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.121 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5523, 22.3121, 4.0357)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8416 #16208E

analogous

#8E4816 #8E8416 #5C8E16

triadic

#8E8416 #168E84 #84168E

tetradic

#8E8416 #168E48 #16208E #8E165C

square

#8E8416 #168E48 #16208E #8E165C

split-complementary

#8E8416 #165C8E #48168E

monochromatic

#242106 #59530E #8E8416 #C3B51E #E1D33D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8E8416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8E8416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8416

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8416	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.121 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a760',
    500: '#8e8416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8416;
$custom-light: #b3a760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60376,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8416

secondary

#3F4AC1

accent

#47F038

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F6F4EA

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8416

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

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