#8E901E#8E901E

#8E901E 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	#8E901E
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 30)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 79.2%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -14.26, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 57.11, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0454 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.129 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3637, 25.7916, 5.0810)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E901E #201E90

analogous

#90591E #8E901E #55901E

triadic

#8E901E #1E8E90 #901E8E

tetradic

#8E901E #1E9059 #201E90 #901E55

square

#8E901E #1E9059 #201E90 #901E55

split-complementary

#8E901E #1E5590 #591E90

monochromatic

#2A2B09 #5C5D13 #8E901E #C0C329 #D8DA4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E901E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#8E901E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E901E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E901E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E901E	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)

#9D8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e901e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.129 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b065',
    500: '#8e901e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e901e;
$custom-light: #b3b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e901e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63165,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E901E

secondary

#4F4DBD

accent

#3FE842

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E901E

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

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