#8E891C#8E891C

#8E891C is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.123 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E891C
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 28)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -10.61, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 55.15, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0353 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.123 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3114, 23.7267, 4.6082)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E891C #1C218E

analogous

#8E501C #8E891C #5A8E1C

triadic

#8E891C #1C8E89 #891C8E

tetradic

#8E891C #1C8E50 #1C218E #8E1C5A

square

#8E891C #1C8E50 #1C218E #8E1C5A

split-complementary

#8E891C #1C5A8E #501C8E

monochromatic

#282608 #5B5812 #8E891C #C1BA26 #DBD549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8E891C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E891C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E891C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E891C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E891C	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e891c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.123 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab63',
    500: '#8e891c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e891c;
$custom-light: #b3ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e891c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61545,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E891C

secondary

#494EBD

accent

#45EA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E891C

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

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