#8E8923#8E8923

#8E8923 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.119 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8923
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -10.31, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 52.79, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0339 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.119 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4052, 23.7642, 5.1019)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8923 #23288E

analogous

#8E5323 #8E8923 #5E8E23

triadic

#8E8923 #238E89 #89238E

tetradic

#8E8923 #238E53 #23288E #8E235E

square

#8E8923 #238E53 #23288E #8E235E

split-complementary

#8E8923 #235E8E #53238E

monochromatic

#2C2A0B #5D5A17 #8E8923 #BFB82F #D5CF56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8E8923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E8923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8923

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8923	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)

#95840F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.119 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab66',
    500: '#8e8923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8923;
$custom-light: #b2ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61587,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8923

secondary

#5358B9

accent

#4CE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8923

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

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