#8E7E22#8E7E22

#8E7E22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.110 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E22
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -4.33, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 49.37, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0171 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.11 99)
XYZ	xyz(18.9058, 20.7889, 4.5299)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E22 #22328E

analogous

#8E4822 #8E7E22 #688E22

triadic

#8E7E22 #228E7E #7E228E

tetradic

#8E7E22 #228E48 #22328E #8E2268

square

#8E7E22 #228E48 #22328E #8E2268

split-complementary

#8E7E22 #22688E #48228E

monochromatic

#2B260A #5D5216 #8E7E22 #BFAA2E #D6C354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8E7E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8E7E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E22

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E22	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.110 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a364',
    500: '#8e7e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e22;
$custom-light: #b3a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59094,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.20788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E22

secondary

#5261BA

accent

#5BE443

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E22

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

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