#8E8A2D#8E8A2D

#8E8A2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.113 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A2D
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -10.32, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 49.28, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.0328 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.113 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7182, 24.1179, 6.0460)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A2D #2D318E

analogous

#8E5A2D #8E8A2D #628E2D

triadic

#8E8A2D #2D8E8A #8A2D8E

tetradic

#8E8A2D #2D8E5A #2D318E #8E2D62

square

#8E8A2D #2D8E5A #2D318E #8E2D62

split-complementary

#8E8A2D #2D628E #5A2D8E

monochromatic

#313010 #605D1E #8E8A2D #BCB73C #CFCA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8E8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A2D

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A2D	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)

#968520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.113 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6c',
    500: '#8e8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a2d;
$custom-light: #b2ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.526,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61891,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A2D

secondary

#6165B5

accent

#52DB4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A2D

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

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