#8B8E22#8B8E22

#8B8E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.125 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8E22
RGB	rgb(139, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -14.39, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 55.06, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0452 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.125 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6099, 24.9510, 5.2434)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8E22 #25228E

analogous

#8E5B22 #8B8E22 #558E22

triadic

#8B8E22 #228B8E #8E228B

tetradic

#8B8E22 #228E5B #25228E #8E2255

square

#8B8E22 #228E5B #25228E #8E2255

split-complementary

#8B8E22 #22558E #5B228E

monochromatic

#2A2B0A #5B5D16 #8B8E22 #BBBF2E #D3D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8B8E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8B8E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8E22

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8E22	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.125 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae66',
    500: '#8b8e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8e22;
$custom-light: #b0ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62461,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8E22

secondary

#5552BA

accent

#43E448

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8E22

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

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