#8E8E22#8E8E22

#8E8E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.125 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8E22
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -13.04, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 55.04, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0416 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.125 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1178, 25.2129, 5.2672)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8E22 #22228E

analogous

#8E5822 #8E8E22 #588E22

triadic

#8E8E22 #228E8E #8E228E

tetradic

#8E8E22 #228E58 #22228E #8E2258

square

#8E8E22 #228E58 #22228E #8E2258

split-complementary

#8E8E22 #22588E #58228E

monochromatic

#2B2B0A #5D5D16 #8E8E22 #BFBF2E #D6D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8E8E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8E22

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8E22	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.125 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae66',
    500: '#8e8e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8e22;
$custom-light: #b2ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62727,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8E22

secondary

#5252BA

accent

#43E443

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8E22

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

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