#8E8A2F#8E8A2F

#8E8A2F 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	#8E8A2F
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -10.20, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 48.44, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0323 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.112 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7576, 24.1337, 6.2536)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A2F #2F338E

analogous

#8E5B2F #8E8A2F #638E2F

triadic

#8E8A2F #2F8E8A #8A2F8E

tetradic

#8E8A2F #2F8E5B #2F338E #8E2F63

square

#8E8A2F #2F8E5B #2F338E #8E2F63

split-complementary

#8E8A2F #2F638E #5B2F8E

monochromatic

#323111 #605D20 #8E8A2F #BCB73E #CEC96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8E8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8E8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A2F

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A2F	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	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)

#968523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.112 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6d',
    500: '#8e8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a2f;
$custom-light: #b2ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61909,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A2F

secondary

#6467B5

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A2F

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

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