#8E8423#8E8423

#8E8423 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.114 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8423
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -7.59, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 50.99, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0262 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.114 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7108, 22.3755, 4.8704)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8423 #232D8E

analogous

#8E4F23 #8E8423 #628E23

triadic

#8E8423 #238E84 #84238E

tetradic

#8E8423 #238E4F #232D8E #8E2362

square

#8E8423 #238E4F #232D8E #8E2362

split-complementary

#8E8423 #23628E #4F238E

monochromatic

#2C290B #5D5617 #8E8423 #BFB22F #D5C956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8E8423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8E8423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8423

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8423	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94842A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.114 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a765',
    500: '#8e8423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8423;
$custom-light: #b2a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6045,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8423

secondary

#535DB9

accent

#53E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8423

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

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