#8E8B16#8E8B16

#8E8B16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.127 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8B16
RGB	rgb(142, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -11.89, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 57.56, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0394 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(20.5336, 24.2747, 4.3628)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8B16 #16198E

analogous

#8E4F16 #8E8B16 #558E16

triadic

#8E8B16 #168E8B #8B168E

tetradic

#8E8B16 #168E4F #16198E #8E1655

square

#8E8B16 #168E4F #16198E #8E1655

split-complementary

#8E8B16 #16558E #4F168E

monochromatic

#242306 #59570E #8E8B16 #C3BF1E #E1DD3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8E8B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8E8B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8B16

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8B16	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)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ac61',
    500: '#8e8b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8b16;
$custom-light: #b3ac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.24274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8B16

secondary

#3F42C1

accent

#3DF038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8B16

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

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