#8E941C#8E941C

#8E941C 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	#8E941C
RGB	rgb(142, 148, 28)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 81.1%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -16.44, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 59.26, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0515 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.134 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9556, 27.0150, 5.1562)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E941C #221C94

analogous

#945E1C #8E941C #52941C

triadic

#8E941C #1C8E94 #941C8E

tetradic

#8E941C #1C945E #221C94 #941C52

square

#8E941C #1C945E #221C94 #941C52

split-complementary

#8E941C #1C5294 #5E1C94

monochromatic

#2B2D09 #5D6112 #8E941C #BFC726 #D6DD4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8E941C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8E941C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E941C

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E941C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E941C	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)

#A08F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e941c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 148, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.134 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b364',
    500: '#8e941c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e941c;
$custom-light: #b3b364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e941c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64082,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E941C

secondary

#524CC0

accent

#3DEB45

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E941C

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

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