#8E8D30#8E8D30

#8E8D30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.114 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D30
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 66.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -11.74, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 49.25, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0365 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.114 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2144, 25.0146, 6.5065)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D30 #30318E

analogous

#8E5E30 #8E8D30 #608E30

triadic

#8E8D30 #308E8D #8D308E

tetradic

#8E8D30 #308E5E #30318E #8E3060

square

#8E8D30 #308E5E #30318E #8E3060

split-complementary

#8E8D30 #30608E #5E308E

monochromatic

#333211 #606021 #8E8D30 #BCBA3F #CDCC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8E8D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8E8D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D30

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D30	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)

#988724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.114 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae6d',
    500: '#8e8d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d30;
$custom-light: #b2ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.362,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D30

secondary

#6566B4

accent

#50D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D30

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

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