Exploring the Color #8E8326

#8E8326 sits at 54° on the color wheel, placing it in the yellow family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 58% saturation and 35% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 142, 131, 38 produces a 5.42:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8E8326 is a clear variant of CSS olive drab — about 37 units away from #6B8E23. Designers reach for yellow hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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