#8E931A#8E931A

#8E931A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.134 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E931A
RGB	rgb(142, 147, 26)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 82.3%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -15.99, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 59.43, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0504 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.134 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7763, 26.6934, 4.9823)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E931A #1F1A93

analogous

#935C1A #8E931A #52931A

triadic

#8E931A #1A8E93 #931A8E

tetradic

#8E931A #1A935C #1F1A93 #931A52

square

#8E931A #1A935C #1F1A93 #931A52

split-complementary

#8E931A #1A5293 #5C1A93

monochromatic

#2A2B08 #5C5F11 #8E931A #C0C723 #D9DF49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8E931A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#8E931A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E931A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E931A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E931A	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e931a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 147, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.134 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b263',
    500: '#8e931a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e931a;
$custom-light: #b3b263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e931a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6384,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E931A

secondary

#4D48C0

accent

#3BED42

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E931A

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

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