#8E951B#8E951B

#8E951B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.135 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E951B
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 81.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -16.99, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 59.93, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0532 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.135 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1013, 27.3253, 5.1468)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E951B #221B95

analogous

#955F1B #8E951B #51951B

triadic

#8E951B #1B8E95 #951B8E

tetradic

#8E951B #1B955F #221B95 #951B51

square

#8E951B #1B955F #221B95 #951B51

split-complementary

#8E951B #1B5195 #5F1B95

monochromatic

#2B2D08 #5D6112 #8E951B #BFC924 #D6DF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8E951B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8E951B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E951B

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E951B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E951B	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)

#A19027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e951b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.135 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b364',
    500: '#8e951b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e951b;
$custom-light: #b3b364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e951b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.443,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6431,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E951B

secondary

#524BC1

accent

#3CEC46

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E951B

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

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