#8E8516#8E8516

#8E8516 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.122 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8516
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -8.65, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 55.54, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0304 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.122 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6886, 22.5846, 4.0811)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8516 #161F8E

analogous

#8E4916 #8E8516 #5B8E16

triadic

#8E8516 #168E85 #85168E

tetradic

#8E8516 #168E49 #161F8E #8E165B

square

#8E8516 #168E49 #161F8E #8E165B

split-complementary

#8E8516 #165B8E #49168E

monochromatic

#242206 #59530E #8E8516 #C3B71E #E1D53D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8E8516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8E8516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8516

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8516	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.122 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a860',
    500: '#8e8516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8516;
$custom-light: #b3a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60603,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8516

secondary

#3F49C1

accent

#46F038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8516

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

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