#8E8823#8E8823

#8E8823 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.118 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8823
RGB	rgb(142, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -9.77, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 52.43, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0324 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.118 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2637, 23.4812, 5.0547)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8823 #23298E

analogous

#8E5323 #8E8823 #5E8E23

triadic

#8E8823 #238E88 #88238E

tetradic

#8E8823 #238E53 #23298E #8E235E

square

#8E8823 #238E53 #23298E #8E235E

split-complementary

#8E8823 #235E8E #53238E

monochromatic

#2C2A0B #5D5917 #8E8823 #BFB72F #D5CE56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8E8823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8E8823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8823

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8823	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.118 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2aa66',
    500: '#8e8823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8823;
$custom-light: #b2aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61359,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8823

secondary

#5359B9

accent

#4DE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8823

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

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