#8E8822#8E8822

#8E8822 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.119 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8822
RGB	rgb(142, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -9.82, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 52.79, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0326 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.119 106)
XYZ	xyz(20.2491, 23.4754, 4.9776)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8822 #22288E

analogous

#8E5222 #8E8822 #5E8E22

triadic

#8E8822 #228E88 #88228E

tetradic

#8E8822 #228E52 #22288E #8E225E

square

#8E8822 #228E52 #22288E #8E225E

split-complementary

#8E8822 #225E8E #52228E

monochromatic

#2B290A #5D5916 #8E8822 #BFB72E #D6CF54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8E8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8E8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8822

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8822	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)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.119 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2aa65',
    500: '#8e8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8822;
$custom-light: #b2aa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61352,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.23475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8822

secondary

#5258BA

accent

#4CE443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8822

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

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