#8E822D#8E822D

#8E822D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.105 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E822D
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -5.95, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 46.23, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0205 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.105 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6124, 21.9063, 5.6774)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E822D #2D398E

analogous

#8E522D #8E822D #6A8E2D

triadic

#8E822D #2D8E82 #822D8E

tetradic

#8E822D #2D8E52 #2D398E #8E2D6A

square

#8E822D #2D8E52 #2D398E #8E2D6A

split-complementary

#8E822D #2D6A8E #522D8E

monochromatic

#312D10 #60571E #8E822D #BCAD3C #CFC267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8E822D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8E822D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E822D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E822D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E822D	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e822d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.105 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a66b',
    500: '#8e822d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e822d;
$custom-light: #b2a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e822d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60079,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E822D

secondary

#616CB5

accent

#5EDB4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E822D

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

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