#8E911C#8E911C

#8E911C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.131 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E911C
RGB	rgb(142, 145, 28)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 80.7%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -14.87, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 58.10, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0472 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.131 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4911, 26.0860, 5.0014)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E911C #1F1C91

analogous

#915A1C #8E911C #54911C

triadic

#8E911C #1C8E91 #911C8E

tetradic

#8E911C #1C915A #1F1C91 #911C54

square

#8E911C #1C915A #1F1C91 #911C54

split-complementary

#8E911C #1C5491 #5A1C91

monochromatic

#2A2A08 #5C5E12 #8E911C #C0C426 #D9DC4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8E911C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8E911C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E911C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E911C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E911C	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98877C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e911c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 145, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.131 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b164',
    500: '#8e911c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e911c;
$custom-light: #b3b164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e911c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63386,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E911C

secondary

#4D4ABE

accent

#3DEB42

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E911C

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

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