#8E871A#8E871A

#8E871A is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.122 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E871A
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 26)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -9.60, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 55.06, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0327 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.122 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0066, 23.1541, 4.3924)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E871A #1A218E

analogous

#8E4D1A #8E871A #5B8E1A

triadic

#8E871A #1A8E87 #871A8E

tetradic

#8E871A #1A8E4D #1A218E #8E1A5B

square

#8E871A #1A8E4D #1A218E #8E1A5B

split-complementary

#8E871A #1A5B8E #4D1A8E

monochromatic

#272507 #5A5611 #8E871A #C2B823 #DDD445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E871A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8E871A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E871A

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E871A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E871A	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)

#968623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e871a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.122 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a962',
    500: '#8e871a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e871a;
$custom-light: #b3a962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e871a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61077,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E871A

secondary

#454DBE

accent

#47EC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E871A

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

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