#8E8523#8E8523

#8E8523 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.115 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8523
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -8.14, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 51.34, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0278 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.115 104)
XYZ	xyz(19.8471, 22.6480, 4.9158)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8523 #232C8E

analogous

#8E4F23 #8E8523 #628E23

triadic

#8E8523 #238E85 #85238E

tetradic

#8E8523 #238E4F #232C8E #8E2362

square

#8E8523 #238E4F #232C8E #8E2362

split-complementary

#8E8523 #23628E #4F238E

monochromatic

#2C290B #5D5717 #8E8523 #BFB32F #D5CB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8E8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8E8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8523

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8523	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)

#918010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.115 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a866',
    500: '#8e8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8523;
$custom-light: #b2a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60677,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.22647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8523

secondary

#535CB9

accent

#52E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8523

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

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