#8E8716#8E8716

#8E8716 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.124 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8716
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -9.73, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 56.20, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0334 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.124 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9650, 23.1375, 4.1732)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8716 #161D8E

analogous

#8E4B16 #8E8716 #598E16

triadic

#8E8716 #168E87 #87168E

tetradic

#8E8716 #168E4B #161D8E #8E1659

square

#8E8716 #168E4B #161D8E #8E1659

split-complementary

#8E8716 #16598E #4B168E

monochromatic

#242206 #59550E #8E8716 #C3B91E #E1D73D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E8716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8E8716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8716

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8716	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.124 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a960',
    500: '#8e8716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8716;
$custom-light: #b3a960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61058,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8716

secondary

#3F46C1

accent

#43F038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8716

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

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