#8E8F16#8E8F16

#8E8F16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.131 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8F16
RGB	rgb(142, 143, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 84.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -14.01, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 58.99, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0453 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.131 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1234, 25.4543, 4.5594)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8F16 #17168F

analogous

#8F5416 #8E8F16 #518F16

triadic

#8E8F16 #168E8F #8F168E

tetradic

#8E8F16 #168F54 #17168F #8F1651

square

#8E8F16 #168F54 #17168F #8F1651

split-complementary

#8E8F16 #16518F #54168F

monochromatic

#252506 #595A0E #8E8F16 #C3C41E #E0E13E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8E8F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8E8F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8F16

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8F16	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 143, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.131 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3af61',
    500: '#8e8f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8f16;
$custom-light: #b3af61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62896,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8F16

secondary

#403FC1

accent

#38F039

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8F16

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

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