#8E8D22#8E8D22

#8E8D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D22
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -12.50, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 54.66, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0401 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.124 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9697, 24.9167, 5.2179)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D22 #22238E

analogous

#8E5722 #8E8D22 #598E22

triadic

#8E8D22 #228E8D #8D228E

tetradic

#8E8D22 #228E57 #22238E #8E2259

square

#8E8D22 #228E57 #22238E #8E2259

split-complementary

#8E8D22 #22598E #57228E

monochromatic

#2B2B0A #5D5C16 #8E8D22 #BFBE2E #D6D554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8E8D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8E8D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D22

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D22	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae66',
    500: '#8e8d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d22;
$custom-light: #b2ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62497,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D22

secondary

#5253BA

accent

#45E443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D22

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

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