#8F8822#8F8822

#8F8822 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.118 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8822
RGB	rgb(143, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 76.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -9.36, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 52.82, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0314 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.118 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4214, 23.5642, 4.9857)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8822 #22298F

analogous

#8F5222 #8F8822 #5F8F22

triadic

#8F8822 #228F88 #88228F

tetradic

#8F8822 #228F52 #22298F #8F225F

square

#8F8822 #228F52 #22298F #8F225F

split-complementary

#8F8822 #225F8F #52228F

monochromatic

#2C2A0A #5E5916 #8F8822 #C0B72E #D7CE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8F8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8F8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8822

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8822	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.118 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3aa66',
    500: '#8f8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8822;
$custom-light: #b3aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61446,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8822

secondary

#5259BA

accent

#4DE543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8822

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

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