#8E861A#8E861A

#8E861A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.121 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E861A
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 26)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -9.06, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 54.72, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0312 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.121 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8678, 22.8764, 4.3461)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E861A #1A228E

analogous

#8E4C1A #8E861A #5C8E1A

triadic

#8E861A #1A8E86 #861A8E

tetradic

#8E861A #1A8E4C #1A228E #8E1A5C

square

#8E861A #1A8E4C #1A228E #8E1A5C

split-complementary

#8E861A #1A5C8E #4C1A8E

monochromatic

#272407 #5A5511 #8E861A #C2B723 #DDD345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8E861A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8E861A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E861A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E861A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E861A	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e861a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.121 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a862',
    500: '#8e861a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e861a;
$custom-light: #b3a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e861a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6085,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E861A

secondary

#454EBE

accent

#48EC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E861A

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

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