#8E8D21#8E8D21

#8E8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D21
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -12.55, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 55.00, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0403 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.124 109)
XYZ	xyz(20.9555, 24.9110, 5.1430)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D21 #21228E

analogous

#8E5721 #8E8D21 #588E21

triadic

#8E8D21 #218E8D #8D218E

tetradic

#8E8D21 #218E57 #21228E #8E2158

square

#8E8D21 #218E57 #21228E #8E2158

split-complementary

#8E8D21 #21588E #57218E

monochromatic

#2B2A0A #5C5C15 #8E8D21 #C0BE2D #D7D652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8E8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8E8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D21

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D21	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae66',
    500: '#8e8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d21;
$custom-light: #b2ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62491,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.2491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D21

secondary

#5051BA

accent

#44E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D21

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

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