#8E841E#8E841E

#8E841E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.117 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E841E
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -7.81, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 52.77, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0273 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.117 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6418, 22.3479, 4.5070)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E841E #1E288E

analogous

#8E4C1E #8E841E #608E1E

triadic

#8E841E #1E8E84 #841E8E

tetradic

#8E841E #1E8E4C #1E288E #8E1E60

square

#8E841E #1E8E4C #1E288E #8E1E60

split-complementary

#8E841E #1E608E #4C1E8E

monochromatic

#292609 #5B5513 #8E841E #C1B329 #D9CD4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8E841E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8E841E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E841E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E841E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E841E	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)

#917F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e841e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.117 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a763',
    500: '#8e841e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e841e;
$custom-light: #b3a763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e841e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60418,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E841E

secondary

#4C56BC

accent

#4FE840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E841E

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

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