#8E901A#8E901A

#8E901A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.131 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E901A
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 26)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 81.9%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -14.41, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 58.29, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0461 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.131 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3158, 25.7725, 4.8288)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E901A #1C1A90

analogous

#90571A #8E901A #53901A

triadic

#8E901A #1A8E90 #901A8E

tetradic

#8E901A #1A9057 #1C1A90 #901A53

square

#8E901A #1A9057 #1C1A90 #901A53

split-complementary

#8E901A #1A5390 #571A90

monochromatic

#282807 #5B5C11 #8E901A #C1C423 #DBDE47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E901A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8E901A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E901A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E901A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E901A	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)

#9D8C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e901a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.131 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b063',
    500: '#8e901a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e901a;
$custom-light: #b3b063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e901a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63145,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E901A

secondary

#4947BF

accent

#3CEC3F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E901A

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

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