#8E8A3A#8E8A3A

#8E8A3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.102 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A3A
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -9.42, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 43.47, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0288 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.102 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0082, 24.2339, 7.5731)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A3A #3A3E8E

analogous

#8E603A #8E8A3A #688E3A

triadic

#8E8A3A #3A8E8A #8A3A8E

tetradic

#8E8A3A #3A8E60 #3A3E8E #8E3A68

square

#8E8A3A #3A8E60 #3A3E8E #8E3A68

split-complementary

#8E8A3A #3A688E #603A8E

monochromatic

#373617 #636028 #8E8A3A #B7B24E #C9C57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8E8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8E8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A3A

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A3A	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.102 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac73',
    500: '#8e8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a3a;
$custom-light: #b1ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 42,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6202,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A3A

secondary

#7275B2

accent

#5CD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A3A

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

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