#8E8A36#8E8A36

#8E8A36 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.106 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A36
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 62%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -9.72, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 45.34, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0301 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.106 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9103, 24.1947, 7.0579)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A36 #363A8E

analogous

#8E5E36 #8E8A36 #668E36

triadic

#8E8A36 #368E8A #8A368E

tetradic

#8E8A36 #368E5E #363A8E #8E3666

square

#8E8A36 #368E5E #363A8E #8E3666

split-complementary

#8E8A36 #36668E #5E368E

monochromatic

#353414 #625F25 #8E8A36 #B9B448 #CAC674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8E8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8E8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A36

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A36	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)

#95852C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.106 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab71',
    500: '#8e8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a36;
$custom-light: #b1ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 44.898,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61977,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A36

secondary

#6D70B3

accent

#59D553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A36

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

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