#8E8718#8E8718

#8E8718 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.123 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8718
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 24)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -9.67, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 55.65, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0331 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.123 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9851, 23.1455, 4.2788)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8718 #181F8E

analogous

#8E4C18 #8E8718 #5A8E18

triadic

#8E8718 #188E87 #87188E

tetradic

#8E8718 #188E4C #181F8E #8E185A

square

#8E8718 #188E4C #181F8E #8E185A

split-complementary

#8E8718 #185A8E #4C188E

monochromatic

#252306 #5A550F #8E8718 #C2B921 #DFD641

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E8718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8E8718 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8718

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8718	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)

#968622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.123 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a961',
    500: '#8e8718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8718;
$custom-light: #b3a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61068,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8718

secondary

#424AC0

accent

#45EE3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8718

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

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