#8F8521#8F8521

#8F8521 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.116 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8521
RGB	rgb(143, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 76.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -7.77, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 52.12, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.027 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.116 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9906, 22.7253, 4.7720)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8521 #212B8F

analogous

#8F4E21 #8F8521 #628F21

triadic

#8F8521 #218F85 #85218F

tetradic

#8F8521 #218F4E #212B8F #8F2162

square

#8F8521 #218F4E #212B8F #8F2162

split-complementary

#8F8521 #21628F #4E218F

monochromatic

#2C290A #5D5716 #8F8521 #C1B32C #D7CB53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8F8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8F8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8521

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8521	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92800C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.116 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a865',
    500: '#8f8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8521;
$custom-light: #b3a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60759,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8521

secondary

#515BBB

accent

#51E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8521

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

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