#8E8623#8E8623

#8E8623 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.116 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8623
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -8.69, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 51.70, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0293 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.116 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9847, 22.9231, 4.9617)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8623 #232B8E

analogous

#8E5123 #8E8623 #618E23

triadic

#8E8623 #238E86 #86238E

tetradic

#8E8623 #238E51 #232B8E #8E2361

square

#8E8623 #238E51 #232B8E #8E2361

split-complementary

#8E8623 #23618E #51238E

monochromatic

#2C290B #5D5817 #8E8623 #BFB42F #D5CC56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8E8623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8E8623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8623

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8623	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)

#928110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.116 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a866',
    500: '#8e8623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8623;
$custom-light: #b2a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60903,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8623

secondary

#535BB9

accent

#50E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8623

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

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