#8E8921#8E8921

#8E8921 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8921
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -10.40, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 53.50, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0343 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3763, 23.7526, 4.9499)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8921 #21268E

analogous

#8E5321 #8E8921 #5D8E21

triadic

#8E8921 #218E89 #89218E

tetradic

#8E8921 #218E53 #21268E #8E215D

square

#8E8921 #218E53 #21268E #8E215D

split-complementary

#8E8921 #215D8E #53218E

monochromatic

#2B290A #5C5915 #8E8921 #C0B92D #D7D152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8E8921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E8921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8921

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8921	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95840A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab65',
    500: '#8e8921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8921;
$custom-light: #b2ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61574,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8921

secondary

#5055BA

accent

#4AE542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8921

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

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