#8E8930#8E8930

#8E8930 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.110 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8930
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -9.59, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 47.61, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0304 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.11 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6352, 23.8562, 6.3135)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8930 #30358E

analogous

#8E5A30 #8E8930 #648E30

triadic

#8E8930 #308E89 #89308E

tetradic

#8E8930 #308E5A #30358E #8E3064

square

#8E8930 #308E5A #30358E #8E3064

split-complementary

#8E8930 #30648E #5A308E

monochromatic

#333111 #605D21 #8E8930 #BCB53F #CDC86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8E8930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8E8930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8930

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8930	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.110 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6d',
    500: '#8e8930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8930;
$custom-light: #b2ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6169,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8930

secondary

#656AB4

accent

#56D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8930

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

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