#8E9420#8E9420

#8E9420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.132 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9420
RGB	rgb(142, 148, 32)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 78.4%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -16.28, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 58.06, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0508 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.132 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0067, 27.0354, 5.4253)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9420 #262094

analogous

#946020 #8E9420 #549420

triadic

#8E9420 #208E94 #94208E

tetradic

#8E9420 #209460 #262094 #942054

square

#8E9420 #209460 #262094 #942054

split-complementary

#8E9420 #205494 #602094

monochromatic

#2D2F0A #5E6215 #8E9420 #BEC62B #D3DA54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8E9420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8E9420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9420

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9420	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 148, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.132 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b366',
    500: '#8e9420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9420;
$custom-light: #b2b366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64104,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9420

secondary

#5852BE

accent

#40E749

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9420

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

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