#8E8D2B#8E8D2B

#8E8D2B 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 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D2B
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, -12.05, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 51.31, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0379 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.118 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1170, 24.9756, 5.9934)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D2B #2B2C8E

analogous

#8E5C2B #8E8D2B #5E8E2B

triadic

#8E8D2B #2B8E8D #8D2B8E

tetradic

#8E8D2B #2B8E5C #2B2C8E #8E2B5E

square

#8E8D2B #2B8E5C #2B2C8E #8E2B5E

split-complementary

#8E8D2B #2B5E8E #5C2B8E

monochromatic

#30300F #5F5E1D #8E8D2B #BDBC39 #D0CF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8E8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8E8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D2B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D2B	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae6b',
    500: '#8e8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d2b;
$custom-light: #b2ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62561,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D2B

secondary

#5F60B6

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D2B

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

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