#8E8022#8E8022

#8E8022 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.111 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8022
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -5.44, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 50.01, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0202 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.111 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1641, 21.3055, 4.6160)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8022 #22308E

analogous

#8E4A22 #8E8022 #668E22

triadic

#8E8022 #228E80 #80228E

tetradic

#8E8022 #228E4A #22308E #8E2266

square

#8E8022 #228E4A #22308E #8E2266

split-complementary

#8E8022 #22668E #4A228E

monochromatic

#2B270A #5D5316 #8E8022 #BFAD2E #D6C554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8E8022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8E8022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8022

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8022	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99766E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.111 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a465',
    500: '#8e8022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8022;
$custom-light: #b2a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59542,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8022

secondary

#525FBA

accent

#58E443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8022

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

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