#8E8C19#8E8C19

#8E8C19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.127 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8C19
RGB	rgb(142, 140, 25)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 82.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -12.32, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 57.11, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0404 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.127 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7097, 24.5778, 4.5726)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8C19 #191B8E

analogous

#8E5119 #8E8C19 #568E19

triadic

#8E8C19 #198E8C #8C198E

tetradic

#8E8C19 #198E51 #191B8E #8E1956

square

#8E8C19 #198E51 #191B8E #8E1956

split-complementary

#8E8C19 #19568E #51198E

monochromatic

#262507 #5A5910 #8E8C19 #C2BF22 #DEDB43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8E8C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8E8C19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8C19

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8C19	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 140, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.127 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ad62',
    500: '#8e8c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8c19;
$custom-light: #b3ad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62217,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8C19

secondary

#4446BF

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8C19

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

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