#8E8E1B#8E8E1B

#8E8E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.128 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8E1B
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -13.32, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 57.26, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.043 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.128 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0270, 25.1766, 4.7886)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8E1B #1B1B8E

analogous

#8E541B #8E8E1B #548E1B

triadic

#8E8E1B #1B8E8E #8E1B8E

tetradic

#8E8E1B #1B8E54 #1B1B8E #8E1B54

square

#8E8E1B #1B8E54 #1B1B8E #8E1B54

split-complementary

#8E8E1B #1B548E #541B8E

monochromatic

#272707 #5B5B11 #8E8E1B #C1C125 #DCDC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8E8E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8E1B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8E1B	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.128 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ae63',
    500: '#8e8e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8e1b;
$custom-light: #b3ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62688,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8E1B

secondary

#4747BE

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8E1B

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

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