#8E8D2E#8E8D2E

#8E8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D2E
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -11.87, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 50.09, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0371 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.116 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1741, 24.9984, 6.2940)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D2E #2E2F8E

analogous

#8E5D2E #8E8D2E #5F8E2E

triadic

#8E8D2E #2E8E8D #8D2E8E

tetradic

#8E8D2E #2E8E5D #2E2F8E #8E2E5F

square

#8E8D2E #2E8E5D #2E2F8E #8E2E5F

split-complementary

#8E8D2E #2E5F8E #5D2E8E

monochromatic

#323110 #605F1F #8E8D2E #BCBB3D #CECD68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8E8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8E8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D2E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D2E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae6c',
    500: '#8e8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d2e;
$custom-light: #b2ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62586,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D2E

secondary

#6364B5

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D2E

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

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