#8E901D#8E901D

#8E901D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.129 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E901D
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 29)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 79.9%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -14.30, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 57.42, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0456 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.129 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3511, 25.7866, 5.0148)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E901D #1F1D90

analogous

#90591D #8E901D #55901D

triadic

#8E901D #1D8E90 #901D8E

tetradic

#8E901D #1D9059 #1F1D90 #901D55

square

#8E901D #1D9059 #1F1D90 #901D55

split-complementary

#8E901D #1D5590 #591D90

monochromatic

#2A2A08 #5C5D13 #8E901D #C0C327 #D9DB4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E901D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#8E901D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E901D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E901D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E901D	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)

#9D8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e901d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.129 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b064',
    500: '#8e901d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e901d;
$custom-light: #b3b064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e901d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.043,
    "s": 66.474,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E901D

secondary

#4D4BBD

accent

#3EE941

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E901D

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

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