#8E8520#8E8520

#8E8520 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.117 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8520
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -8.28, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 52.42, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0285 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.117 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8044, 22.6309, 4.6912)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8520 #20298E

analogous

#8E4E20 #8E8520 #608E20

triadic

#8E8520 #208E85 #85208E

tetradic

#8E8520 #208E4E #20298E #8E2060

square

#8E8520 #208E4E #20298E #8E2060

split-complementary

#8E8520 #20608E #4E208E

monochromatic

#2A2709 #5C5615 #8E8520 #C0B42B #D8CD51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8E8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8E8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8520

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8520	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.117 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a864',
    500: '#8e8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8520;
$custom-light: #b3a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8520

secondary

#4F58BB

accent

#4FE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8520

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

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