#8E862B#8E862B

#8E862B 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 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E862B
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -8.27, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 48.56, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0273 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.111 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1173, 22.9762, 5.6602)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E862B #2B338E

analogous

#8E552B #8E862B #658E2B

triadic

#8E862B #2B8E86 #862B8E

tetradic

#8E862B #2B8E55 #2B338E #8E2B65

square

#8E862B #2B8E55 #2B338E #8E2B65

split-complementary

#8E862B #2B658E #552B8E

monochromatic

#302D0F #5F5A1D #8E862B #BDB239 #D0C763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8E862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8E862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E862B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E862B	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92811E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.111 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a96a',
    500: '#8e862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e862b;
$custom-light: #b2a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60964,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E862B

secondary

#5F66B6

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E862B

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

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