#8E9155#8E9155

#8E9155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.082 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9155
RGB	rgb(142, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 26%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 41%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 41.4%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -10.57, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 33.17, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0293 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.082 111)
XYZ	xyz(22.9207, 26.6578, 12.5306)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9155 #585591

analogous

#917655 #8E9155 #709155

triadic

#8E9155 #558E91 #91558E

tetradic

#8E9155 #559176 #585591 #915570

square

#8E9155 #559176 #585591 #915570

split-complementary

#8E9155 #557091 #765591

monochromatic

#424428 #686A3E #8E9155 #ABAE75 #C3C59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8E9155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#8E9155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9155

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9155	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.082 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b186',
    500: '#8e9155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9155;
$custom-light: #b0b186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63988,
    "c": 0.08179,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.26657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9155

secondary

#9190B2

accent

#65C26A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9155

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

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