#8E8621#8E8621

#8E8621 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.117 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8621
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -8.78, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 52.42, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0298 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.117 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9558, 22.9116, 4.8098)
Luminance	0.2291 (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

#8E8621 #21298E

analogous

#8E4F21 #8E8621 #608E21

triadic

#8E8621 #218E86 #86218E

tetradic

#8E8621 #218E4F #21298E #8E2160

square

#8E8621 #218E4F #21298E #8E2160

split-complementary

#8E8621 #21608E #4F218E

monochromatic

#2B280A #5C5715 #8E8621 #C0B52D #D7CD52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8E8621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8E8621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8621

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8621	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)

#92810B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.117 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a865',
    500: '#8e8621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8621;
$custom-light: #b2a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6089,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8621

secondary

#5058BA

accent

#4EE542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8621

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

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