#8E8220#8E8220

#8E8220 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.114 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8220
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -6.63, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 51.40, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0238 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.114 102)
XYZ	xyz(19.3996, 21.8212, 4.5563)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8220 #202C8E

analogous

#8E4B20 #8E8220 #638E20

triadic

#8E8220 #208E82 #82208E

tetradic

#8E8220 #208E4B #202C8E #8E2063

square

#8E8220 #208E4B #202C8E #8E2063

split-complementary

#8E8220 #20638E #4B208E

monochromatic

#2A2709 #5C5415 #8E8220 #C0B02B #D8C951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8E8220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8E8220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8220

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8220	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.114 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a664',
    500: '#8e8220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8220;
$custom-light: #b3a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59978,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.2182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8220

secondary

#4F5BBB

accent

#54E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8220

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

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