#8E8A24#8E8A24

#8E8A24 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.119 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A24
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -10.80, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 52.81, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0352 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.119 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5631, 24.0558, 5.2288)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A24 #24288E

analogous

#8E5524 #8E8A24 #5D8E24

triadic

#8E8A24 #248E8A #8A248E

tetradic

#8E8A24 #248E55 #24288E #8E245D

square

#8E8A24 #248E55 #24288E #8E245D

split-complementary

#8E8A24 #245D8E #55248E

monochromatic

#2C2B0B #5D5B18 #8E8A24 #BFB930 #D5D058

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8E8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A24

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A24	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)

#968410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.119 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab67',
    500: '#8e8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a24;
$custom-light: #b2ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61822,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A24

secondary

#5559B9

accent

#4BE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A24

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

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