#8D8B22#8D8B22

#8D8B22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.122 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B22
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -11.89, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 53.88, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.0383 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.122 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5066, 24.2441, 5.1124)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B22 #22248D

analogous

#8D5622 #8D8B22 #598D22

triadic

#8D8B22 #228D8B #8B228D

tetradic

#8D8B22 #228D56 #22248D #8D2259

square

#8D8B22 #228D56 #22248D #8D2259

split-complementary

#8D8B22 #22598D #56228D

monochromatic

#2A2A0A #5C5A16 #8D8B22 #BEBC2E #D6D354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8D8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8D8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B22

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B22	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.122 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac66',
    500: '#8d8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b22;
$custom-light: #b2ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61947,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B22

secondary

#5153B9

accent

#47E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B22

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

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