#8E862A#8E862A

#8E862A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.111 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E862A
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -8.32, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 48.97, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0275 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.111 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0992, 22.9689, 5.5648)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E862A #2A328E

analogous

#8E542A #8E862A #648E2A

triadic

#8E862A #2A8E86 #862A8E

tetradic

#8E862A #2A8E54 #2A328E #8E2A64

square

#8E862A #2A8E54 #2A328E #8E2A64

split-complementary

#8E862A #2A648E #542A8E

monochromatic

#302D0E #5F591C #8E862A #BDB338 #D1C862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8E862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8E862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E862A

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E862A	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92811C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.111 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a969',
    500: '#8e862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e862a;
$custom-light: #b2a969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60956,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E862A

secondary

#5D64B6

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E862A

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

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