#8E8723#8E8723

#8E8723 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.117 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8723
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -9.23, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 52.06, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0308 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.117 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1235, 23.2008, 5.0080)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8723 #232A8E

analogous

#8E5223 #8E8723 #5F8E23

triadic

#8E8723 #238E87 #87238E

tetradic

#8E8723 #238E52 #232A8E #8E235F

square

#8E8723 #238E52 #232A8E #8E235F

split-complementary

#8E8723 #235F8E #52238E

monochromatic

#2C2A0B #5D5817 #8E8723 #BFB62F #D5CD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8E8723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8E8723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8723

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8723	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#93820F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96862A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.117 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a966',
    500: '#8e8723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8723;
$custom-light: #b2a966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61131,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8723

secondary

#535AB9

accent

#4FE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8723

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

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