#8E941E#8E941E

#8E941E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.133 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E941E
RGB	rgb(142, 148, 30)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 79.7%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -16.36, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 58.67, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0512 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.133 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9803, 27.0249, 5.2865)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E941E #241E94

analogous

#945F1E #8E941E #53941E

triadic

#8E941E #1E8E94 #941E8E

tetradic

#8E941E #1E945F #241E94 #941E53

square

#8E941E #1E945F #241E94 #941E53

split-complementary

#8E941E #1E5394 #5F1E94

monochromatic

#2C2E09 #5D6114 #8E941E #BFC728 #D5DC51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8E941E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8E941E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E941E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E941E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E941E	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)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e941e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 148, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.133 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b365',
    500: '#8e941e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e941e;
$custom-light: #b3b365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e941e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.051,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64093,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E941E

secondary

#554FBF

accent

#3FE947

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E941E

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

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