#8E8A33#8E8A33

#8E8A33 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.108 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A33
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 64.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -9.93, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 46.69, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.0311 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.108 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8421, 24.1674, 6.6982)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A33 #33378E

analogous

#8E5D33 #8E8A33 #648E33

triadic

#8E8A33 #338E8A #8A338E

tetradic

#8E8A33 #338E5D #33378E #8E3364

square

#8E8A33 #338E5D #33378E #8E3364

split-complementary

#8E8A33 #33648E #5D338E

monochromatic

#343213 #615E23 #8E8A33 #BBB643 #CCC870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8E8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8E8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A33

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A33	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)

#958528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.108 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6f',
    500: '#8e8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a33;
$custom-light: #b2ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.363,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61946,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A33

secondary

#696DB4

accent

#57D751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A33

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

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