#8E8B2E#8E8B2E

#8E8B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8B2E
RGB	rgb(142, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -10.80, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 49.27, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0341 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.113 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8818, 24.4139, 6.1966)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8B2E #2E318E

analogous

#8E5B2E #8E8B2E #618E2E

triadic

#8E8B2E #2E8E8B #8B2E8E

tetradic

#8E8B2E #2E8E5B #2E318E #8E2E61

square

#8E8B2E #2E8E5B #2E318E #8E2E61

split-complementary

#8E8B2E #2E618E #5B2E8E

monochromatic

#323110 #605E1F #8E8B2E #BCB83D #CECB68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8E8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8E8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8B2E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8B2E	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)

#978621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac6c',
    500: '#8e8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8b2e;
$custom-light: #b2ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62128,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8B2E

secondary

#6365B5

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8B2E

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

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