#8E8420#8E8420

#8E8420 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.116 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8420
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -7.73, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 52.08, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% -0.0269 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.116 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6682, 22.3584, 4.6458)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8420 #202A8E

analogous

#8E4D20 #8E8420 #618E20

triadic

#8E8420 #208E84 #84208E

tetradic

#8E8420 #208E4D #202A8E #8E2061

square

#8E8420 #208E4D #202A8E #8E2061

split-complementary

#8E8420 #20618E #4D208E

monochromatic

#2A2709 #5C5615 #8E8420 #C0B22B #D8CB51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8E8420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8E8420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8420

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8420	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)

#917F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.116 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a764',
    500: '#8e8420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8420;
$custom-light: #b3a764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6043,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8420

secondary

#4F59BB

accent

#51E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8420

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

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