#8E8D1A#8E8D1A

#8E8D1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.128 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D1A
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -12.82, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 57.18, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0417 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.128 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8675, 24.8758, 4.6794)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D1A #1A1B8E

analogous

#8E531A #8E8D1A #558E1A

triadic

#8E8D1A #1A8E8D #8D1A8E

tetradic

#8E8D1A #1A8E53 #1A1B8E #8E1A55

square

#8E8D1A #1A8E53 #1A1B8E #8E1A55

split-complementary

#8E8D1A #1A558E #531A8E

monochromatic

#272607 #5A5A11 #8E8D1A #C2C023 #DDDC45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8E8D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8E8D1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D1A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D1A	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.128 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ae63',
    500: '#8e8d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d1a;
$custom-light: #b3ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62452,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D1A

secondary

#4546BE

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D1A

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

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