#8E8A35#8E8A35

#8E8A35 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.107 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A35
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 62.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -9.79, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 45.79, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0304 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.107 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8871, 24.1855, 6.9355)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A35 #35398E

analogous

#8E5D35 #8E8A35 #658E35

triadic

#8E8A35 #358E8A #8A358E

tetradic

#8E8A35 #358E5D #35398E #8E3565

square

#8E8A35 #358E5D #35398E #8E3565

split-complementary

#8E8A35 #35658E #5D358E

monochromatic

#353314 #615F24 #8E8A35 #BAB546 #CBC773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8E8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8E8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A35

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A35	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)

#95852B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.107 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab70',
    500: '#8e8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a35;
$custom-light: #b1ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.303,
    "s": 45.641,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61967,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A35

secondary

#6C6FB3

accent

#58D552

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A35

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

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