#8E8518#8E8518

#8E8518 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.121 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8518
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 24)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -8.58, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 54.98, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.03 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.121 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7086, 22.5926, 4.1866)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8518 #18218E

analogous

#8E4A18 #8E8518 #5C8E18

triadic

#8E8518 #188E85 #85188E

tetradic

#8E8518 #188E4A #18218E #8E185C

square

#8E8518 #188E4A #18218E #8E185C

split-complementary

#8E8518 #185C8E #4A188E

monochromatic

#252306 #5A540F #8E8518 #C2B621 #DFD341

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8E8518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8E8518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8518

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8518	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)

#958522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.121 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a861',
    500: '#8e8518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8518;
$custom-light: #b3a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60612,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8518

secondary

#424CC0

accent

#48EE3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8518

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

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