#8E8A1F#8E8A1F

#8E8A1F is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.122 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A1F
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -11.03, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 54.55, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0363 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.122 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4920, 24.0274, 4.8544)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A1F #1F238E

analogous

#8E531F #8E8A1F #5B8E1F

triadic

#8E8A1F #1F8E8A #8A1F8E

tetradic

#8E8A1F #1F8E53 #1F238E #8E1F5B

square

#8E8A1F #1F8E53 #1F238E #8E1F5B

split-complementary

#8E8A1F #1F5B8E #531F8E

monochromatic

#2A2809 #5C5914 #8E8A1F #C0BB2A #D9D44F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E8A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8E8A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A1F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A1F	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.122 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab64',
    500: '#8e8a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a1f;
$custom-light: #b3ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6179,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A1F

secondary

#4D51BB

accent

#47E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A1F

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

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