#8E901B#8E901B

#8E901B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.130 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E901B
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 81.3%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -14.38, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 58.01, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0459 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.13 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3272, 25.7770, 4.8887)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E901B #1D1B90

analogous

#90571B #8E901B #53901B

triadic

#8E901B #1B8E90 #901B8E

tetradic

#8E901B #1B9057 #1D1B90 #901B53

square

#8E901B #1B9057 #1D1B90 #901B53

split-complementary

#8E901B #1B5390 #571B90

monochromatic

#282908 #5B5C11 #8E901B #C1C425 #DADD49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E901B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#8E901B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E901B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E901B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E901B	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e901b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.130 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b063',
    500: '#8e901b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e901b;
$custom-light: #b3b063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e901b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.026,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6315,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E901B

secondary

#4A48BF

accent

#3DEB40

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E901B

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

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