#8E8D3F#8E8D3F

#8E8D3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.101 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D3F
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 63)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 55.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -10.63, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 42.40, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0317 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.101 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5780, 25.1600, 8.4214)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D3F #3F408E

analogous

#8E663F #8E8D3F #678E3F

triadic

#8E8D3F #3F8E8D #8D3F8E

tetradic

#8E8D3F #3F8E66 #3F408E #8E3F67

square

#8E8D3F #3F8E66 #3F408E #8E3F67

split-complementary

#8E8D3F #3F678E #663F8E

monochromatic

#393919 #64632C #8E8D3F #B4B356 #C7C681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8E8D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D3F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D3F	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.101 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae77',
    500: '#8e8d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d3f;
$custom-light: #b1ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 38.537,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62762,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D3F

secondary

#7878B1

accent

#5BCE59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D3F

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

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