#8E8D23#8E8D23

#8E8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.123 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D23
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -12.46, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 54.31, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0399 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.123 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9844, 24.9225, 5.2949)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D23 #23248E

analogous

#8E5723 #8E8D23 #5A8E23

triadic

#8E8D23 #238E8D #8D238E

tetradic

#8E8D23 #238E57 #23248E #8E235A

square

#8E8D23 #238E57 #23248E #8E235A

split-complementary

#8E8D23 #235A8E #57238E

monochromatic

#2C2B0B #5D5C17 #8E8D23 #BFBE2F #D5D456

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8E8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8E8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D23

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D23	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)

#99870C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.123 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae67',
    500: '#8e8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d23;
$custom-light: #b2ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62503,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D23

secondary

#5354B9

accent

#46E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D23

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

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