#8E9016#8E9016

#8E9016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.132 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9016
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 84.7%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -14.54, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 59.35, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0467 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.132 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2742, 25.7558, 4.6096)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9016 #181690

analogous

#905516 #8E9016 #519016

triadic

#8E9016 #168E90 #90168E

tetradic

#8E9016 #169055 #181690 #901651

square

#8E9016 #169055 #181690 #901651

split-complementary

#8E9016 #165190 #551690

monochromatic

#252606 #5A5B0E #8E9016 #C2C51E #DFE23F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E9016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8E9016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9016

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9016	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#9D8C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.132 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b062',
    500: '#8e9016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9016;
$custom-light: #b3b062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63127,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9016

secondary

#4240C2

accent

#38F03B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9016

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

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