#8E942E#8E942E

#8E942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.123 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E942E
RGB	rgb(142, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -15.57, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 53.05, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0475 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.123 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2390, 27.1283, 6.6490)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E942E #342E94

analogous

#94672E #8E942E #5B942E

triadic

#8E942E #2E8E94 #942E8E

tetradic

#8E942E #2E9467 #342E94 #942E5B

square

#8E942E #2E9467 #342E94 #942E5B

split-complementary

#8E942E #2E5B94 #672E94

monochromatic

#343711 #61651F #8E942E #BBC33D #CBD16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8E942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#8E942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E942E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E942E	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.123 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b36d',
    500: '#8e942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e942e;
$custom-light: #b2b36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.642,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E942E

secondary

#6A66B8

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E942E

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

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