#8E8A28#8E8A28

#8E8A28 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A28
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -10.60, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 51.30, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0342 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.117 107)
XYZ	xyz(20.6276, 24.0816, 5.5687)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A28 #282C8E

analogous

#8E5728 #8E8A28 #5F8E28

triadic

#8E8A28 #288E8A #8A288E

tetradic

#8E8A28 #288E57 #282C8E #8E285F

square

#8E8A28 #288E57 #282C8E #8E285F

split-complementary

#8E8A28 #285F8E #57288E

monochromatic

#2F2D0D #5E5C1B #8E8A28 #BEB835 #D2CD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8E8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A28

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A28	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab69',
    500: '#8e8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a28;
$custom-light: #b2ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61851,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.24081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A28

secondary

#5B5EB7

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A28

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

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