#8E8A2B#8E8A2B

#8E8A2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A2B
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -10.44, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 50.11, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0334 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.115 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6806, 24.1029, 5.8480)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A2B #2B2F8E

analogous

#8E592B #8E8A2B #618E2B

triadic

#8E8A2B #2B8E8A #8A2B8E

tetradic

#8E8A2B #2B8E59 #2B2F8E #8E2B61

square

#8E8A2B #2B8E59 #2B2F8E #8E2B61

split-complementary

#8E8A2B #2B618E #592B8E

monochromatic

#302F0F #5F5C1D #8E8A2B #BDB839 #D0CC63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8E8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A2B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A2B	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)

#96851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6a',
    500: '#8e8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a2b;
$custom-light: #b2ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61875,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A2B

secondary

#5F62B6

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A2B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →