#8E9222#8E9222

#8E9222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.129 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9222
RGB	rgb(142, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 76.7%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -15.15, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 56.61, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0475 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.129 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7237, 26.4246, 5.4692)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9222 #262292

analogous

#925E22 #8E9222 #569222

triadic

#8E9222 #228E92 #92228E

tetradic

#8E9222 #22925E #262292 #922256

square

#8E9222 #22925E #262292 #922256

split-complementary

#8E9222 #225692 #5E2292

monochromatic

#2D2F0B #5E6016 #8E9222 #BEC42E #D3D857

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8E9222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#8E9222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9222

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9222	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.129 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b167',
    500: '#8e9222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9222;
$custom-light: #b2b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63651,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9222

secondary

#5854BC

accent

#43E548

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9222

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

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