#8E8A1B#8E8A1B

#8E8A1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.124 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A1B
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -11.18, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 55.81, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.037 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.124 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4425, 24.0076, 4.5938)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A1B #1B1F8E

analogous

#8E501B #8E8A1B #588E1B

triadic

#8E8A1B #1B8E8A #8A1B8E

tetradic

#8E8A1B #1B8E50 #1B1F8E #8E1B58

square

#8E8A1B #1B8E50 #1B1F8E #8E1B58

split-complementary

#8E8A1B #1B588E #501B8E

monochromatic

#272607 #5B5811 #8E8A1B #C1BC25 #DCD747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E8A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8E8A1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A1B

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A1B	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)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.124 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab63',
    500: '#8e8a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a1b;
$custom-light: #b3ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61768,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A1B

secondary

#474BBE

accent

#43EB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A1B

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

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