#8E8922#8E8922

#8E8922 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8922
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -10.36, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 53.15, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0341 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3906, 23.7583, 5.0248)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8922 #22278E

analogous

#8E5322 #8E8922 #5D8E22

triadic

#8E8922 #228E89 #89228E

tetradic

#8E8922 #228E53 #22278E #8E225D

square

#8E8922 #228E53 #22278E #8E225D

split-complementary

#8E8922 #225D8E #53228E

monochromatic

#2B2A0A #5D5916 #8E8922 #BFB92E #D6D054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8E8922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E8922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8922

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8922	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab66',
    500: '#8e8922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8922;
$custom-light: #b2ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6158,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8922

secondary

#5257BA

accent

#4BE443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8922

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

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