#8E841B#8E841B

#8E841B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.119 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E841B
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -7.93, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 53.75, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0279 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.119 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6053, 22.3333, 4.3148)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E841B #1B258E

analogous

#8E4B1B #8E841B #5E8E1B

triadic

#8E841B #1B8E84 #841B8E

tetradic

#8E841B #1B8E4B #1B258E #8E1B5E

square

#8E841B #1B8E4B #1B258E #8E1B5E

split-complementary

#8E841B #1B5E8E #4B1B8E

monochromatic

#272407 #5B5411 #8E841B #C1B425 #DCCF47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8E841B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8E841B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E841B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E841B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E841B	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e841b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.119 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a762',
    500: '#8e841b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e841b;
$custom-light: #b3a762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e841b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60401,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E841B

secondary

#4751BE

accent

#4CEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E841B

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

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