#8E891F#8E891F

#8E891F is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.121 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E891F
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -10.49, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 54.18, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0348 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.121 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3492, 23.7418, 4.8068)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E891F #1F248E

analogous

#8E521F #8E891F #5C8E1F

triadic

#8E891F #1F8E89 #891F8E

tetradic

#8E891F #1F8E52 #1F248E #8E1F5C

square

#8E891F #1F8E52 #1F248E #8E1F5C

split-complementary

#8E891F #1F5C8E #521F8E

monochromatic

#2A2809 #5C5914 #8E891F #C0B92A #D9D24F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8E891F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E891F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E891F

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E891F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E891F	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)

#958404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e891f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.121 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab64',
    500: '#8e891f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e891f;
$custom-light: #b3ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e891f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61562,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E891F

secondary

#4D52BB

accent

#48E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E891F

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

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