#8E9219#8E9219

#8E9219 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.133 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9219
RGB	rgb(142, 146, 25)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 82.9%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -15.50, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 59.32, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0492 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.133 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6105, 26.3793, 4.8729)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9219 #1D1992

analogous

#925919 #8E9219 #519219

triadic

#8E9219 #198E92 #92198E

tetradic

#8E9219 #199259 #1D1992 #921951

square

#8E9219 #199259 #1D1992 #921951

split-complementary

#8E9219 #195192 #591992

monochromatic

#282907 #5B5E10 #8E9219 #C1C622 #DADF46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#8E9219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#8E9219 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9219

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9219	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98887C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 146, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.133 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b163',
    500: '#8e9219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9219;
$custom-light: #b3b163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63604,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9219

secondary

#4A46C1

accent

#3AEE40

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9219

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

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