#8E8A16#8E8A16

#8E8A16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.126 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A16
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(58, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -11.35, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 57.22, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0379 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.126 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3895, 23.9864, 4.3147)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A16 #161A8E

analogous

#8E4E16 #8E8A16 #568E16

triadic

#8E8A16 #168E8A #8A168E

tetradic

#8E8A16 #168E4E #161A8E #8E1656

square

#8E8A16 #168E4E #161A8E #8E1656

split-complementary

#8E8A16 #16568E #4E168E

monochromatic

#242306 #59570E #8E8A16 #C3BD1E #E1DC3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E8A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8E8A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A16

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A16	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.126 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab61',
    500: '#8e8a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a16;
$custom-light: #b3ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A16

secondary

#3F43C1

accent

#3EF038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A16

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

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