#8E8224#8E8224

#8E8224 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.112 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8224
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 74.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -6.45, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 49.92, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0229 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.112 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4573, 21.8443, 4.8602)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8224 #24308E

analogous

#8E4D24 #8E8224 #658E24

triadic

#8E8224 #248E82 #82248E

tetradic

#8E8224 #248E4D #24308E #8E2465

square

#8E8224 #248E4D #24308E #8E2465

split-complementary

#8E8224 #24658E #4D248E

monochromatic

#2C290B #5D5518 #8E8224 #BFAF30 #D5C658

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8E8224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8E8224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8224

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8224	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)

#8E7E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.112 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a666',
    500: '#8e8224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8224;
$custom-light: #b2a666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60006,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8224

secondary

#5560B9

accent

#57E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8224

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

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