#8E9331#8E9331

#8E9331 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.120 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9331
RGB	rgb(142, 147, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 66.7%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -14.86, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 51.40, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0452 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.12 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1441, 26.8405, 6.9194)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9331 #363193

analogous

#936731 #8E9331 #5D9331

triadic

#8E9331 #318E93 #93318E

tetradic

#8E9331 #319367 #363193 #93315D

square

#8E9331 #319367 #363193 #93315D

split-complementary

#8E9331 #315D93 #673193

monochromatic

#353712 #626522 #8E9331 #B9C041 #CACF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#8E9331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#8E9331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9331

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9331	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 147, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b26f',
    500: '#8e9331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9331;
$custom-light: #b2b26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.061,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63994,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9331

secondary

#6D69B7

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9331

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

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