#8E8A26#8E8A26

#8E8A26 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.118 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A26
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 73.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -10.71, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 52.07, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0347 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.118 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5945, 24.0684, 5.3942)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A26 #262A8E

analogous

#8E5626 #8E8A26 #5E8E26

triadic

#8E8A26 #268E8A #8A268E

tetradic

#8E8A26 #268E56 #262A8E #8E265E

square

#8E8A26 #268E56 #262A8E #8E265E

split-complementary

#8E8A26 #265E8E #56268E

monochromatic

#2D2C0C #5E5B19 #8E8A26 #BEB933 #D3CF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8E8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A26

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A26	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)

#968514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.118 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab68',
    500: '#8e8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a26;
$custom-light: #b2ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61836,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A26

secondary

#585BB8

accent

#4DE147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A26

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

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