#8E8620#8E8620

#8E8620 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.118 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8620
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -8.82, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 52.77, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.03 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.118 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9420, 22.9061, 4.7371)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8620 #20288E

analogous

#8E4F20 #8E8620 #5F8E20

triadic

#8E8620 #208E86 #86208E

tetradic

#8E8620 #208E4F #20288E #8E205F

square

#8E8620 #208E4F #20288E #8E205F

split-complementary

#8E8620 #205F8E #4F208E

monochromatic

#2A2809 #5C5715 #8E8620 #C0B52B #D8CE51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8E8620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8E8620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8620

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8620	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#928109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.118 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a864',
    500: '#8e8620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8620;
$custom-light: #b3a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60884,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8620

secondary

#4F57BB

accent

#4EE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8620

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

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