#8E8B1C#8E8B1C

#8E8B1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.125 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8B1C
RGB	rgb(142, 139, 28)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -11.68, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 55.86, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0383 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.125 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5984, 24.3006, 4.7038)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8B1C #1C1F8E

analogous

#8E521C #8E8B1C #588E1C

triadic

#8E8B1C #1C8E8B #8B1C8E

tetradic

#8E8B1C #1C8E52 #1C1F8E #8E1C58

square

#8E8B1C #1C8E52 #1C1F8E #8E1C58

split-complementary

#8E8B1C #1C588E #521C8E

monochromatic

#282708 #5B5912 #8E8B1C #C1BD26 #DBD749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8E8B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8E8B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8B1C

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8B1C	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 139, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.125 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ac63',
    500: '#8e8b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8b1c;
$custom-light: #b3ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62003,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8B1C

secondary

#494CBD

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8B1C

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

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