#8E8A34#8E8A34

#8E8A34 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.108 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A34
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 63.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -9.86, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 46.25, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0307 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.108 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8643, 24.1763, 6.8156)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A34 #34388E

analogous

#8E5D34 #8E8A34 #658E34

triadic

#8E8A34 #348E8A #8A348E

tetradic

#8E8A34 #348E5D #34388E #8E3465

square

#8E8A34 #348E5D #34388E #8E3465

split-complementary

#8E8A34 #34658E #5D348E

monochromatic

#343313 #615E24 #8E8A34 #BBB544 #CBC771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8E8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8E8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A34

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A34	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.108 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab70',
    500: '#8e8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a34;
$custom-light: #b2ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 46.392,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61956,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A34

secondary

#6A6EB3

accent

#58D652

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A34

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

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