#8E8919#8E8919

#8E8919 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.124 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8919
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 25)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -10.72, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 56.05, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0359 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.124 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2773, 23.7130, 4.4285)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8919 #191E8E

analogous

#8E4E19 #8E8919 #588E19

triadic

#8E8919 #198E89 #89198E

tetradic

#8E8919 #198E4E #191E8E #8E1958

square

#8E8919 #198E4E #191E8E #8E1958

split-complementary

#8E8919 #19588E #4E198E

monochromatic

#262507 #5A5710 #8E8919 #C2BB22 #DED743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8E8919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8E8919 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8919

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8919	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.124 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab62',
    500: '#8e8919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8919;
$custom-light: #b3ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61529,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8919

secondary

#4449BF

accent

#43ED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8919

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

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