#8E8724#8E8724

#8E8724 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.116 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8724
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -9.18, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 51.69, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0306 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.116 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1386, 23.2069, 5.0873)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8724 #242B8E

analogous

#8E5224 #8E8724 #608E24

triadic

#8E8724 #248E87 #87248E

tetradic

#8E8724 #248E52 #242B8E #8E2460

square

#8E8724 #248E52 #242B8E #8E2460

split-complementary

#8E8724 #24608E #52248E

monochromatic

#2C2A0B #5D5918 #8E8724 #BFB530 #D5CC58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8E8724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8E8724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8724

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8724	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)

#938212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96862B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.116 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a966',
    500: '#8e8724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8724;
$custom-light: #b2a966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61138,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8724

secondary

#555BB9

accent

#4FE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8724

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

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