#8E8D16#8E8D16

#8E8D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.129 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D16
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -12.95, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 58.27, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0423 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.129 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8259, 24.8591, 4.4602)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D16 #16178E

analogous

#8E5116 #8E8D16 #538E16

triadic

#8E8D16 #168E8D #8D168E

tetradic

#8E8D16 #168E51 #16178E #8E1653

square

#8E8D16 #168E51 #16178E #8E1653

split-complementary

#8E8D16 #16538E #51168E

monochromatic

#242406 #59580E #8E8D16 #C3C21E #E1E03D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8E8D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8E8D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D16

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D16	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.129 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ae61',
    500: '#8e8d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d16;
$custom-light: #b3ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62434,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D16

secondary

#3F40C1

accent

#39F038

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D16

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

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