#8E8519#8E8519

#8E8519 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.121 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8519
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 25)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -8.55, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 54.69, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0298 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.121 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7192, 22.5969, 4.2424)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8519 #19228E

analogous

#8E4B19 #8E8519 #5C8E19

triadic

#8E8519 #198E85 #85198E

tetradic

#8E8519 #198E4B #19228E #8E195C

square

#8E8519 #198E4B #19228E #8E195C

split-complementary

#8E8519 #195C8E #4B198E

monochromatic

#262407 #5A5410 #8E8519 #C2B622 #DED243

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8E8519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8E8519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8519

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8519	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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: #8e8519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.121 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a861',
    500: '#8e8519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8519;
$custom-light: #b3a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60617,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8519

secondary

#444DBF

accent

#49ED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8519

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

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