#8E912E#8E912E

#8E912E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.120 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E912E
RGB	rgb(142, 145, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 68.3%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -14.00, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 51.76, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0431 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.12 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7745, 26.1994, 6.4942)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E912E #312E91

analogous

#91622E #8E912E #5D912E

triadic

#8E912E #2E8E91 #912E8E

tetradic

#8E912E #2E9162 #312E91 #912E5D

square

#8E912E #2E9162 #312E91 #912E5D

split-complementary

#8E912E #2E5D91 #622E91

monochromatic

#333411 #61631F #8E912E #BBBF3D #CDD06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8E912E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#8E912E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E912E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E912E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E912E	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e912e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 145, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.120 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b16d',
    500: '#8e912e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e912e;
$custom-light: #b2b16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e912e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63506,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E912E

secondary

#6764B7

accent

#4DDB51

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E912E

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

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