#8E9518#8E9518

#8E9518 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.137 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9518
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 24)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 83.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -17.09, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 60.73, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0536 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.137 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0684, 27.3121, 4.9732)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9518 #1F1895

analogous

#955E18 #8E9518 #509518

triadic

#8E9518 #188E95 #95188E

tetradic

#8E9518 #18955E #1F1895 #951850

square

#8E9518 #18955E #1F1895 #951850

split-complementary

#8E9518 #185095 #5E1895

monochromatic

#2A2C07 #5C6010 #8E9518 #C0CA20 #D9E146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8E9518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8E9518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9518

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9518	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.137 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b363',
    500: '#8e9518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9518;
$custom-light: #b3b363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.36,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64297,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9518

secondary

#4D46C2

accent

#39EF43

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9518

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

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