#8E8721#8E8721

#8E8721 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.118 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8721
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -9.32, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 52.78, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0313 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.118 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0947, 23.1893, 4.8560)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8721 #21288E

analogous

#8E5121 #8E8721 #5F8E21

triadic

#8E8721 #218E87 #87218E

tetradic

#8E8721 #218E51 #21288E #8E215F

square

#8E8721 #218E51 #21288E #8E215F

split-complementary

#8E8721 #215F8E #51218E

monochromatic

#2B290A #5C5815 #8E8721 #C0B62D #D7CE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8E8721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8E8721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8721

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8721	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.118 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a965',
    500: '#8e8721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8721;
$custom-light: #b2a965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61118,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8721

secondary

#5057BA

accent

#4DE542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8721

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

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