#8E8820#8E8820

#8E8820 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.120 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8820
RGB	rgb(142, 136, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -9.91, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 53.48, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.033 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.12 106)
XYZ	xyz(20.2210, 23.4641, 4.8301)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8820 #20268E

analogous

#8E5120 #8E8820 #5D8E20

triadic

#8E8820 #208E88 #88208E

tetradic

#8E8820 #208E51 #20268E #8E205D

square

#8E8820 #208E51 #20268E #8E205D

split-complementary

#8E8820 #205D8E #51208E

monochromatic

#2A2809 #5C5815 #8E8820 #C0B82B #D8D051

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8E8820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8E8820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8820

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8820	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 136, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.120 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2aa65',
    500: '#8e8820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8820;
$custom-light: #b2aa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61339,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.23463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8820

secondary

#4F55BB

accent

#4BE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8820

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

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