#8E8B1F#8E8B1F

#8E8B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.123 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8B1F
RGB	rgb(142, 139, 31)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -11.56, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 54.91, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0378 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.123 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6361, 24.3157, 4.9024)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8B1F #1F228E

analogous

#8E541F #8E8B1F #5A8E1F

triadic

#8E8B1F #1F8E8B #8B1F8E

tetradic

#8E8B1F #1F8E54 #1F228E #8E1F5A

square

#8E8B1F #1F8E54 #1F228E #8E1F5A

split-complementary

#8E8B1F #1F5A8E #541F8E

monochromatic

#2A2909 #5C5A14 #8E8B1F #C0BC2A #D9D54F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8E8B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8E8B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8B1F

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8B1F	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)

#978503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 139, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.123 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ac64',
    500: '#8e8b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8b1f;
$custom-light: #b3ac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6202,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8B1F

secondary

#4D50BB

accent

#45E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8B1F

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

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