#8E8D1B#8E8D1B

#8E8D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.127 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D1B
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -12.79, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 56.89, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0415 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.127 109)
XYZ	xyz(20.8789, 24.8803, 4.7393)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D1B #1B1C8E

analogous

#8E531B #8E8D1B #558E1B

triadic

#8E8D1B #1B8E8D #8D1B8E

tetradic

#8E8D1B #1B8E53 #1B1C8E #8E1B55

square

#8E8D1B #1B8E53 #1B1C8E #8E1B55

split-complementary

#8E8D1B #1B558E #531B8E

monochromatic

#272707 #5B5A11 #8E8D1B #C1C025 #DCDB47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8E8D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8E8D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D1B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D1B	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: #8e8d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.127 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ae63',
    500: '#8e8d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d1b;
$custom-light: #b3ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62457,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.2488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D1B

secondary

#4748BE

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D1B

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

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