#8E851B#8E851B

#8E851B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.120 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E851B
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -8.48, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 54.08, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0295 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.12 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7416, 22.6058, 4.3602)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E851B #1B248E

analogous

#8E4B1B #8E851B #5D8E1B

triadic

#8E851B #1B8E85 #851B8E

tetradic

#8E851B #1B8E4B #1B248E #8E1B5D

square

#8E851B #1B8E4B #1B248E #8E1B5D

split-complementary

#8E851B #1B5D8E #4B1B8E

monochromatic

#272507 #5B5511 #8E851B #C1B525 #DCD047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8E851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8E851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E851B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E851B	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)

#958524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.120 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a862',
    500: '#8e851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e851b;
$custom-light: #b3a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60628,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E851B

secondary

#4750BE

accent

#4BEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E851B

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

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