#8E8D2C#8E8D2C

#8E8D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D2C
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -11.99, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 50.90, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0377 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.117 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1356, 24.9830, 6.0912)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D2C #2C2D8E

analogous

#8E5C2C #8E8D2C #5E8E2C

triadic

#8E8D2C #2C8E8D #8D2C8E

tetradic

#8E8D2C #2C8E5C #2C2D8E #8E2C5E

square

#8E8D2C #2C8E5C #2C2D8E #8E2C5E

split-complementary

#8E8D2C #2C5E8E #5C2C8E

monochromatic

#31300F #5F5F1E #8E8D2C #BDBB3A #CFCE65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8E8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8E8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D2C

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D2C	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)

#99871D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae6b',
    500: '#8e8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d2c;
$custom-light: #b2ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62569,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D2C

secondary

#6061B6

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D2C

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

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