#8E8B22#8E8B22

#8E8B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8B22
RGB	rgb(142, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -11.43, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 53.90, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0371 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.121 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6775, 24.3322, 5.1204)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8B22 #22258E

analogous

#8E5522 #8E8B22 #5B8E22

triadic

#8E8B22 #228E8B #8B228E

tetradic

#8E8B22 #228E55 #22258E #8E225B

square

#8E8B22 #228E55 #22258E #8E225B

split-complementary

#8E8B22 #225B8E #55228E

monochromatic

#2B2A0A #5D5B16 #8E8B22 #BFBB2E #D6D354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8E8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8E8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8B22

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8B22	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ac66',
    500: '#8e8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8b22;
$custom-light: #b2ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62038,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8B22

secondary

#5255BA

accent

#48E443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8B22

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

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