#8E9224#8E9224

#8E9224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.128 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9224
RGB	rgb(142, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 75.3%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -15.06, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 55.94, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.047 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.128 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7534, 26.4365, 5.6256)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9224 #282492

analogous

#925F24 #8E9224 #579224

triadic

#8E9224 #248E92 #92248E

tetradic

#8E9224 #24925F #282492 #922457

square

#8E9224 #24925F #282492 #922457

split-complementary

#8E9224 #245792 #5F2492

monochromatic

#2F300C #5E6118 #8E9224 #BEC330 #D2D65A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8E9224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#8E9224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9224

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9224	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.128 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b168',
    500: '#8e9224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9224;
$custom-light: #b2b168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63664,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9224

secondary

#5B57BB

accent

#44E44A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9224

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

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