#8E8521#8E8521

#8E8521 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.116 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8521
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -8.23, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 52.07, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0282 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.116 104)
XYZ	xyz(19.8182, 22.6365, 4.7639)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8521 #212A8E

analogous

#8E4F21 #8E8521 #618E21

triadic

#8E8521 #218E85 #85218E

tetradic

#8E8521 #218E4F #212A8E #8E2161

square

#8E8521 #218E4F #212A8E #8E2161

split-complementary

#8E8521 #21618E #4F218E

monochromatic

#2B280A #5C5615 #8E8521 #C0B42D #D7CC52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8E8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8E8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8521

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8521	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)

#91800C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.116 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a865',
    500: '#8e8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8521;
$custom-light: #b2a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60663,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.22636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8521

secondary

#5059BA

accent

#50E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8521

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

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