#8D8822#8D8822

#8D8822 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.119 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8822
RGB	rgb(141, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -10.27, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 52.76, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0338 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.119 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0782, 23.3873, 4.9696)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8822 #22278D

analogous

#8D5322 #8D8822 #5D8D22

triadic

#8D8822 #228D88 #88228D

tetradic

#8D8822 #228D53 #22278D #8D225D

square

#8D8822 #228D53 #22278D #8D225D

split-complementary

#8D8822 #225D8D #53228D

monochromatic

#2A290A #5C5816 #8D8822 #BEB82E #D6D054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8D8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8D8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8822

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8822	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.119 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2aa65',
    500: '#8d8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8822;
$custom-light: #b2aa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61259,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8822

secondary

#5156B9

accent

#4BE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8822

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

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