#8E8A1E#8E8A1E

#8E8A1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.123 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A1E
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -11.07, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 54.87, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0365 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.123 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4790, 24.0222, 4.7861)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A1E #1E228E

analogous

#8E521E #8E8A1E #5A8E1E

triadic

#8E8A1E #1E8E8A #8A1E8E

tetradic

#8E8A1E #1E8E52 #1E228E #8E1E5A

square

#8E8A1E #1E8E52 #1E228E #8E1E5A

split-complementary

#8E8A1E #1E5A8E #521E8E

monochromatic

#292809 #5B5913 #8E8A1E #C1BB29 #D9D44D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E8A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8E8A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A1E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A1E	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)

#968401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.123 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab64',
    500: '#8e8a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a1e;
$custom-light: #b3ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61785,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A1E

secondary

#4C50BC

accent

#46E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A1E

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

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