#8E8A21#8E8A21

#8E8A21 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.121 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A21
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -10.94, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 53.87, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0358 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.121 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5191, 24.0383, 4.9975)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A21 #21258E

analogous

#8E5421 #8E8A21 #5C8E21

triadic

#8E8A21 #218E8A #8A218E

tetradic

#8E8A21 #218E54 #21258E #8E215C

square

#8E8A21 #218E54 #21258E #8E215C

split-complementary

#8E8A21 #215C8E #54218E

monochromatic

#2B290A #5C5A15 #8E8A21 #C0BA2D #D7D252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8E8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A21

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A21	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)

#968409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.121 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab65',
    500: '#8e8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a21;
$custom-light: #b2ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61802,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A21

secondary

#5054BA

accent

#48E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A21

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

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