#8E7D22#8E7D22

#8E7D22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.109 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7D22
RGB	rgb(142, 125, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -3.77, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 49.05, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0155 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.109 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7786, 20.5345, 4.4875)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7D22 #22338E

analogous

#8E4722 #8E7D22 #698E22

triadic

#8E7D22 #228E7D #7D228E

tetradic

#8E7D22 #228E47 #22338E #8E2269

square

#8E7D22 #228E47 #22338E #8E2269

split-complementary

#8E7D22 #22698E #47228E

monochromatic

#2B260A #5D5216 #8E7D22 #BFA82E #D6C254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8E7D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8E7D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7D22

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7D22	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 125, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.109 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a264',
    500: '#8e7d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7d22;
$custom-light: #b3a264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58871,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7D22

secondary

#5262BA

accent

#5DE443

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7D22

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

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