#8F8221#8F8221

#8F8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.114 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8221
RGB	rgb(143, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 76.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -6.13, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 51.11, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0224 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.114 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5858, 21.9156, 4.6370)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8221 #212E8F

analogous

#8F4B21 #8F8221 #658F21

triadic

#8F8221 #218F82 #82218F

tetradic

#8F8221 #218F4B #212E8F #8F2165

square

#8F8221 #218F4B #212E8F #8F2165

split-complementary

#8F8221 #21658F #4B218F

monochromatic

#2C280A #5D5516 #8F8221 #C1AF2C #D7C853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8F8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8F8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8221

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8221	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.114 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a664',
    500: '#8f8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8221;
$custom-light: #b3a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60083,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8221

secondary

#515DBB

accent

#56E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8221

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

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