#8E8A2A#8E8A2A

#8E8A2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A2A
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -10.49, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 50.51, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0337 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.115 107)
XYZ	xyz(20.6625, 24.0956, 5.7525)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A2A #2A2E8E

analogous

#8E582A #8E8A2A #608E2A

triadic

#8E8A2A #2A8E8A #8A2A8E

tetradic

#8E8A2A #2A8E58 #2A2E8E #8E2A60

square

#8E8A2A #2A8E58 #2A2E8E #8E2A60

split-complementary

#8E8A2A #2A608E #582A8E

monochromatic

#302E0E #5F5C1C #8E8A2A #BDB838 #D1CC62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8E8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A2A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A2A	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)

#96851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6a',
    500: '#8e8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a2a;
$custom-light: #b2ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61866,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.24095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A2A

secondary

#5D61B6

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A2A

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

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