#8E8720#8E8720

#8E8720 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.119 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8720
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -9.36, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 53.13, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0315 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.119 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0809, 23.1838, 4.7834)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8720 #20278E

analogous

#8E5020 #8E8720 #5E8E20

triadic

#8E8720 #208E87 #87208E

tetradic

#8E8720 #208E50 #20278E #8E205E

square

#8E8720 #208E50 #20278E #8E205E

split-complementary

#8E8720 #205E8E #50208E

monochromatic

#2A2809 #5C5815 #8E8720 #C0B62B #D8CF51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E8720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8E8720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8720

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8720	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.119 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a964',
    500: '#8e8720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8720;
$custom-light: #b3a964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61111,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8720

secondary

#4F56BB

accent

#4CE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8720

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

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