#8E8741#8E8741

#8E8741 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.092 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8741
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 54.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -7.20, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 38.77, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0216 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.092 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7741, 23.4611, 8.4341)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8741 #41488E

analogous

#8E6041 #8E8741 #6E8E41

triadic

#8E8741 #418E87 #87418E

tetradic

#8E8741 #418E60 #41488E #8E416E

square

#8E8741 #418E60 #41488E #8E416E

split-complementary

#8E8741 #416E8E #60418E

monochromatic

#3A371B #645F2E #8E8741 #B3AB59 #C6C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8E8741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8E8741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8741

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8741	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92833A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.092 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a978',
    500: '#8e8741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8741;
$custom-light: #b1a978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 37.198,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61427,
    "c": 0.09209,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8741

secondary

#7A7FB1

accent

#65CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F09

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8741

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

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