#8E891E#8E891E

#8E891E 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	#8E891E
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 30)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -10.53, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 54.51, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.035 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.122 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3362, 23.7366, 4.7384)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E891E #1E238E

analogous

#8E511E #8E891E #5B8E1E

triadic

#8E891E #1E8E89 #891E8E

tetradic

#8E891E #1E8E51 #1E238E #8E1E5B

square

#8E891E #1E8E51 #1E238E #8E1E5B

split-complementary

#8E891E #1E5B8E #511E8E

monochromatic

#292809 #5B5813 #8E891E #C1BA29 #D9D34D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8E891E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E891E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E891E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E891E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E891E	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)

#958402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e891e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.122 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab64',
    500: '#8e891e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e891e;
$custom-light: #b3ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e891e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E891E

secondary

#4C51BC

accent

#47E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E891E

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

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