#8E8B2C#8E8B2C

#8E8B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.115 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8B2C
RGB	rgb(142, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -10.92, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 50.10, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0346 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.115 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8433, 24.3985, 5.9938)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8B2C #2C2F8E

analogous

#8E5A2C #8E8B2C #608E2C

triadic

#8E8B2C #2C8E8B #8B2C8E

tetradic

#8E8B2C #2C8E5A #2C2F8E #8E2C60

square

#8E8B2C #2C8E5A #2C2F8E #8E2C60

split-complementary

#8E8B2C #2C608E #5A2C8E

monochromatic

#31300F #5F5D1E #8E8B2C #BDB93A #CFCC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8E8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8E8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8B2C

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8B2C	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.115 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac6b',
    500: '#8e8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8b2c;
$custom-light: #b2ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.163,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62111,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8B2C

secondary

#6063B6

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8B2C

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

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