#8E8E1F#8E8E1F

#8E8E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.126 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8E1F
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 31)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -13.17, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 56.04, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0422 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.126 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0764, 25.1964, 5.0492)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8E1F #1F1F8E

analogous

#8E571F #8E8E1F #578E1F

triadic

#8E8E1F #1F8E8E #8E1F8E

tetradic

#8E8E1F #1F8E57 #1F1F8E #8E1F57

square

#8E8E1F #1F8E57 #1F1F8E #8E1F57

split-complementary

#8E8E1F #1F578E #571F8E

monochromatic

#2A2A09 #5C5C14 #8E8E1F #C0C02A #D9D94F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8E8E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8E1F

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8E1F	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)

#9A8801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.126 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ae65',
    500: '#8e8e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8e1f;
$custom-light: #b3ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62709,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8E1F

secondary

#4D4DBB

accent

#41E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8E1F

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

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