#8E8A22#8E8A22

#8E8A22 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.120 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A22
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -10.90, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 53.52, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0356 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.12 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5334, 24.0440, 5.0724)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A22 #22268E

analogous

#8E5422 #8E8A22 #5C8E22

triadic

#8E8A22 #228E8A #8A228E

tetradic

#8E8A22 #228E54 #22268E #8E225C

square

#8E8A22 #228E54 #22268E #8E225C

split-complementary

#8E8A22 #225C8E #54228E

monochromatic

#2B2A0A #5D5A16 #8E8A22 #BFBA2E #D6D154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8E8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A22

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A22	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.120 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab66',
    500: '#8e8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a22;
$custom-light: #b2ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61809,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A22

secondary

#5256BA

accent

#49E443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A22

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

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