#8E8D18#8E8D18

#8E8D18 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	#8E8D18
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 24)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -12.89, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 57.74, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.042 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.129 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8459, 24.8672, 4.5657)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D18 #18198E

analogous

#8E5218 #8E8D18 #548E18

triadic

#8E8D18 #188E8D #8D188E

tetradic

#8E8D18 #188E52 #18198E #8E1854

square

#8E8D18 #188E52 #18198E #8E1854

split-complementary

#8E8D18 #18548E #52188E

monochromatic

#252506 #5A590F #8E8D18 #C2C121 #DFDE41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8E8D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8E8D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D18

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D18	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)

#9B8A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.129 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ae62',
    500: '#8e8d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d18;
$custom-light: #b3ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62443,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D18

secondary

#4243C0

accent

#3BEE3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D18

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

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