#8E8E20#8E8E20

#8E8E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.126 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8E20
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -13.12, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 55.71, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.042 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.126 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0898, 25.2017, 5.1197)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8E20 #20208E

analogous

#8E5720 #8E8E20 #578E20

triadic

#8E8E20 #208E8E #8E208E

tetradic

#8E8E20 #208E57 #20208E #8E2057

square

#8E8E20 #208E57 #20208E #8E2057

split-complementary

#8E8E20 #20578E #57208E

monochromatic

#2A2A09 #5C5C15 #8E8E20 #C0C02B #D8D851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8E8E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8E20

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8E20	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.126 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ae65',
    500: '#8e8e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8e20;
$custom-light: #b2ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62715,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8E20

secondary

#4F4FBB

accent

#42E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8E20

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →