#8E8424#8E8424

#8E8424 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.114 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8424
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -7.54, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 50.62, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.026 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.114 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7259, 22.3815, 4.9497)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8424 #242E8E

analogous

#8E4F24 #8E8424 #638E24

triadic

#8E8424 #248E84 #84248E

tetradic

#8E8424 #248E4F #242E8E #8E2463

square

#8E8424 #248E4F #242E8E #8E2463

split-complementary

#8E8424 #24638E #4F248E

monochromatic

#2C290B #5D5718 #8E8424 #BFB130 #D5C958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8E8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8E8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8424

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8424	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	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)

#908013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.114 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a766',
    500: '#8e8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8424;
$custom-light: #b2a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60457,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8424

secondary

#555EB9

accent

#54E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8424

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

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