#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
RGBrgb(142, 144, 22)
HSLhsl(61, 73%, 33%)
HSVhsv(61, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(1.4%, 0%, 84.7%, 43.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.80, -14.54, 57.54)
CIE-LCHlch(57.80, 59.35, 104.18°)
OKLaboklab(63.13% -0.0467 0.1239)
OKLCHoklch(63.13% 0.132 110.7)
XYZxyz(21.2742, 25.7558, 4.6096)
Luminance0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E90161.003.416.156.15
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1521.001.001.00
##0000006.1521.001.001.00

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

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#8E9016 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva