#8E8924#8E8924

#8E8924 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.118 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8924
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -10.26, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 52.43, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0336 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.118 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4202, 23.7702, 5.1812)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8924 #24298E

analogous

#8E5424 #8E8924 #5E8E24

triadic

#8E8924 #248E89 #89248E

tetradic

#8E8924 #248E54 #24298E #8E245E

square

#8E8924 #248E54 #24298E #8E245E

split-complementary

#8E8924 #245E8E #54248E

monochromatic

#2C2B0B #5D5A18 #8E8924 #BFB830 #D5CF58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8E8924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E8924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8924

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8924	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)

#958411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.118 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab67',
    500: '#8e8924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8924;
$custom-light: #b2ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61594,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8924

secondary

#555AB9

accent

#4DE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8924

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

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