#8E8622#8E8622

#8E8622 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.117 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8622
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -8.73, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 52.06, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0295 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.117 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9700, 22.9173, 4.8846)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8622 #222A8E

analogous

#8E5022 #8E8622 #608E22

triadic

#8E8622 #228E86 #86228E

tetradic

#8E8622 #228E50 #222A8E #8E2260

square

#8E8622 #228E50 #222A8E #8E2260

split-complementary

#8E8622 #22608E #50228E

monochromatic

#2B290A #5D5716 #8E8622 #BFB52E #D6CD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8E8622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8E8622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8622

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8622	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.117 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a865',
    500: '#8e8622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8622;
$custom-light: #b2a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60897,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8622

secondary

#525ABA

accent

#4FE443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8622

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

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