#8E8937#8E8937

#8E8937 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.104 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8937
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -9.10, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 44.46, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0282 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.104 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7913, 23.9186, 7.1352)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8937 #373C8E

analogous

#8E5D37 #8E8937 #678E37

triadic

#8E8937 #378E89 #89378E

tetradic

#8E8937 #378E5D #373C8E #8E3767

square

#8E8937 #378E5D #373C8E #8E3767

split-complementary

#8E8937 #37678E #5D378E

monochromatic

#363415 #625E26 #8E8937 #B9B249 #CAC576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8E8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8E8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8937

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8937	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.104 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab71',
    500: '#8e8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8937;
$custom-light: #b1ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.552,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6176,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8937

secondary

#6E72B3

accent

#5BD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8937

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

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