#8F8A23#8F8A23

#8F8A23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8A23
RGB	rgb(143, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 75.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -10.40, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 53.19, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0342 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7204, 24.1387, 5.1576)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8A23 #23288F

analogous

#8F5423 #8F8A23 #5E8F23

triadic

#8F8A23 #238F8A #8A238F

tetradic

#8F8A23 #238F54 #23288F #8F235E

square

#8F8A23 #238F54 #23288F #8F235E

split-complementary

#8F8A23 #235E8F #54238F

monochromatic

#2D2B0B #5E5B17 #8F8A23 #C0B92F #D6D057

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8F8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8F8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8A23

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8A23	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ab66',
    500: '#8f8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8a23;
$custom-light: #b3ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61908,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8A23

secondary

#5459BA

accent

#4BE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8A23

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

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