#8E8E2F#8E8E2F

#8E8E2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8E2F
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -12.34, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 50.08, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0383 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.116 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3421, 25.3026, 6.4484)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8E2F #2F2F8E

analogous

#8E5F2F #8E8E2F #5F8E2F

triadic

#8E8E2F #2F8E8E #8E2F8E

tetradic

#8E8E2F #2F8E5F #2F2F8E #8E2F5F

square

#8E8E2F #2F8E5F #2F2F8E #8E2F5F

split-complementary

#8E8E2F #2F5F8E #5F2F8E

monochromatic

#323211 #606020 #8E8E2F #BCBC3E #CECE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8E8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8E8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8E2F

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8E2F	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae6d',
    500: '#8e8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8e2f;
$custom-light: #b2ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62824,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8E2F

secondary

#6464B5

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8E2F

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

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