#8E8223#8E8223

#8E8223 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.112 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8223
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -6.50, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 50.30, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0231 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.112 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4422, 21.8383, 4.7809)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8223 #232F8E

analogous

#8E4D23 #8E8223 #658E23

triadic

#8E8223 #238E82 #82238E

tetradic

#8E8223 #238E4D #232F8E #8E2365

square

#8E8223 #238E4D #232F8E #8E2365

split-complementary

#8E8223 #23658E #4D238E

monochromatic

#2C280B #5D5517 #8E8223 #BFAF2F #D5C756

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8E8223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8E8223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8223

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8223	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)

#8F7E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.112 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a665',
    500: '#8e8223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8223;
$custom-light: #b2a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59998,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8223

secondary

#535FB9

accent

#56E444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8223

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

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