#8E9011#8E9011

#8E9011 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.134 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9011
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 17)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 88.2%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -14.68, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 60.50, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0474 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.134 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2306, 25.7384, 4.3799)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9011 #131190

analogous

#905311 #8E9011 #4F9011

triadic

#8E9011 #118E90 #90118E

tetradic

#8E9011 #119053 #131190 #90114F

square

#8E9011 #119053 #131190 #90114F

split-complementary

#8E9011 #114F90 #531190

monochromatic

#222304 #58590B #8E9011 #C4C717 #E4E734

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8E9011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8E9011 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9011

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9011	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99867A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.134 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b060',
    500: '#8e9011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9011;
$custom-light: #b3b060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.945,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63108,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9011

secondary

#3B39C4

accent

#32F536

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121005

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9011

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

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