#8E8722#8E8722

#8E8722 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.118 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8722
RGB	rgb(142, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -9.28, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 52.42, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0311 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.118 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1089, 23.1950, 4.9309)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8722 #22298E

analogous

#8E5122 #8E8722 #5F8E22

triadic

#8E8722 #228E87 #87228E

tetradic

#8E8722 #228E51 #22298E #8E225F

square

#8E8722 #228E51 #22298E #8E225F

split-complementary

#8E8722 #225F8E #51228E

monochromatic

#2B290A #5D5816 #8E8722 #BFB62E #D6CE54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8E8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8E8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8722

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8722	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)

#93820D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96862A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.118 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a965',
    500: '#8e8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8722;
$custom-light: #b2a965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61124,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8722

secondary

#5259BA

accent

#4EE443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8722

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

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