#8E8D2A#8E8D2A

#8E8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D2A
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -12.10, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 51.70, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0382 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.118 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0989, 24.9683, 5.8980)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D2A #2A2B8E

analogous

#8E5B2A #8E8D2A #5D8E2A

triadic

#8E8D2A #2A8E8D #8D2A8E

tetradic

#8E8D2A #2A8E5B #2A2B8E #8E2A5D

square

#8E8D2A #2A8E5B #2A2B8E #8E2A5D

split-complementary

#8E8D2A #2A5D8E #5B2A8E

monochromatic

#302F0E #5F5E1C #8E8D2A #BDBC38 #D1CF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8E8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8E8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D2A

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D2A	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae6a',
    500: '#8e8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d2a;
$custom-light: #b2ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62553,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D2A

secondary

#5D5EB6

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D2A

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

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