#8E941B#8E941B

#8E941B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.134 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E941B
RGB	rgb(142, 148, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 81.8%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -16.47, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 59.54, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0517 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.134 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9438, 27.0103, 5.0943)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E941B #211B94

analogous

#945E1B #8E941B #52941B

triadic

#8E941B #1B8E94 #941B8E

tetradic

#8E941B #1B945E #211B94 #941B52

square

#8E941B #1B945E #211B94 #941B52

split-complementary

#8E941B #1B5294 #5E1B94

monochromatic

#2B2C08 #5C6012 #8E941B #C0C824 #D7DE4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8E941B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8E941B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E941B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E941B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E941B	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e941b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 148, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.134 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b364',
    500: '#8e941b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e941b;
$custom-light: #b3b364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e941b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64078,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E941B

secondary

#504BC0

accent

#3CEC45

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E941B

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

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