#8E8E1E#8E8E1E

#8E8E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.127 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8E1E
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -13.21, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 56.35, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0424 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.127 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0635, 25.1912, 4.9809)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8E1E #1E1E8E

analogous

#8E561E #8E8E1E #568E1E

triadic

#8E8E1E #1E8E8E #8E1E8E

tetradic

#8E8E1E #1E8E56 #1E1E8E #8E1E56

square

#8E8E1E #1E8E56 #1E1E8E #8E1E56

split-complementary

#8E8E1E #1E568E #561E8E

monochromatic

#292909 #5B5B13 #8E8E1E #C1C129 #D9D94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8E8E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8E1E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8E1E	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)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.127 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ae64',
    500: '#8e8e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8e1e;
$custom-light: #b3ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62704,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8E1E

secondary

#4C4CBC

accent

#40E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8E1E

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

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