#8E8A2E#8E8A2E

#8E8A2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.112 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A2E
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -10.26, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 48.86, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0325 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.112 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7377, 24.1257, 6.1486)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A2E #2E328E

analogous

#8E5A2E #8E8A2E #628E2E

triadic

#8E8A2E #2E8E8A #8A2E8E

tetradic

#8E8A2E #2E8E5A #2E328E #8E2E62

square

#8E8A2E #2E8E5A #2E328E #8E2E62

split-complementary

#8E8A2E #2E628E #5A2E8E

monochromatic

#323010 #605D1F #8E8A2E #BCB73D #CECA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8E8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8E8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A2E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A2E	1.00	3.61	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.112 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6c',
    500: '#8e8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a2e;
$custom-light: #b2ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.619,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A2E

secondary

#6366B5

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A2E

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

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