#8E8222#8E8222

#8E8222 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.113 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8222
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -6.54, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 50.68, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0234 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.113 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4276, 21.8324, 4.7038)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8222 #222E8E

analogous

#8E4C22 #8E8222 #648E22

triadic

#8E8222 #228E82 #82228E

tetradic

#8E8222 #228E4C #222E8E #8E2264

square

#8E8222 #228E4C #222E8E #8E2264

split-complementary

#8E8222 #22648E #4C228E

monochromatic

#2B280A #5D5516 #8E8222 #BFAF2E #D6C854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8E8222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8E8222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8222

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8222	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.113 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a665',
    500: '#8e8222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8222;
$custom-light: #b2a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59992,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8222

secondary

#525DBA

accent

#55E443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8222

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

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