#8E891D#8E891D

#8E891D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.122 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E891D
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 29)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -10.57, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 54.83, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0352 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.122 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3236, 23.7316, 4.6723)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E891D #1D228E

analogous

#8E501D #8E891D #5A8E1D

triadic

#8E891D #1D8E89 #891D8E

tetradic

#8E891D #1D8E50 #1D228E #8E1D5A

square

#8E891D #1D8E50 #1D228E #8E1D5A

split-complementary

#8E891D #1D5A8E #501D8E

monochromatic

#282708 #5B5813 #8E891D #C1BA27 #DAD44B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8E891D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E891D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E891D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E891D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E891D	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	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)

#958400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e891d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.122 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab63',
    500: '#8e891d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e891d;
$custom-light: #b3ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e891d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6155,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E891D

secondary

#4A4FBD

accent

#46E93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E891D

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

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