#8E8A23#8E8A23

#8E8A23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.120 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A23
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -10.85, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 53.17, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0354 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.12 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5480, 24.0498, 5.1495)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A23 #23278E

analogous

#8E5523 #8E8A23 #5D8E23

triadic

#8E8A23 #238E8A #8A238E

tetradic

#8E8A23 #238E55 #23278E #8E235D

square

#8E8A23 #238E55 #23278E #8E235D

split-complementary

#8E8A23 #235D8E #55238E

monochromatic

#2C2B0B #5D5A17 #8E8A23 #BFBA2F #D5D156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8E8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A23

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A23	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#96840E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.120 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab66',
    500: '#8e8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a23;
$custom-light: #b2ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.757,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61815,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A23

secondary

#5357B9

accent

#4AE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A23

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

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