#8E8A1C#8E8A1C

#8E8A1C 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	#8E8A1C
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 28)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -11.15, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 55.50, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0368 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.124 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4543, 24.0123, 4.6558)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A1C #1C208E

analogous

#8E511C #8E8A1C #598E1C

triadic

#8E8A1C #1C8E8A #8A1C8E

tetradic

#8E8A1C #1C8E51 #1C208E #8E1C59

square

#8E8A1C #1C8E51 #1C208E #8E1C59

split-complementary

#8E8A1C #1C598E #511C8E

monochromatic

#282708 #5B5812 #8E8A1C #C1BC26 #DBD649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E8A1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8E8A1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A1C

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A1C	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)

#988826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.124 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab63',
    500: '#8e8a1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a1c;
$custom-light: #b3ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61774,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A1C

secondary

#494DBD

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A1C

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

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