#8E8A31#8E8A31

#8E8A31 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.110 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A31
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 65.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -10.07, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 47.58, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0317 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.11 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7989, 24.1502, 6.4710)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A31 #31358E

analogous

#8E5B31 #8E8A31 #648E31

triadic

#8E8A31 #318E8A #8A318E

tetradic

#8E8A31 #318E5B #31358E #8E3164

square

#8E8A31 #318E5B #31358E #8E3164

split-complementary

#8E8A31 #31648E #5B318E

monochromatic

#333212 #615E21 #8E8A31 #BBB641 #CDC86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8E8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8E8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A31

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A31	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)

#958526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.110 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6e',
    500: '#8e8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a31;
$custom-light: #b2ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.419,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61927,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A31

secondary

#676AB4

accent

#55D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A31

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

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