#8E8422#8E8422

#8E8422 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.115 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8422
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -7.64, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 51.36, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0265 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.115 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6962, 22.3696, 4.7933)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8422 #222C8E

analogous

#8E4E22 #8E8422 #628E22

triadic

#8E8422 #228E84 #84228E

tetradic

#8E8422 #228E4E #222C8E #8E2262

square

#8E8422 #228E4E #222C8E #8E2262

split-complementary

#8E8422 #22628E #4E228E

monochromatic

#2B280A #5D5616 #8E8422 #BFB22E #D6CA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8E8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8E8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8422

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8422	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.115 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a765',
    500: '#8e8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8422;
$custom-light: #b2a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60443,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8422

secondary

#525CBA

accent

#52E443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8422

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

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