#8E951C#8E951C

#8E951C 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 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E951C
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 28)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 81.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -16.96, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 59.65, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.053 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.135 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1131, 27.3300, 5.2087)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E951C #231C95

analogous

#95601C #8E951C #52951C

triadic

#8E951C #1C8E95 #951C8E

tetradic

#8E951C #1C9560 #231C95 #951C52

square

#8E951C #1C9560 #231C95 #951C52

split-complementary

#8E951C #1C5295 #601C95

monochromatic

#2C2E09 #5D6112 #8E951C #BFC926 #D5DE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8E951C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8E951C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E951C

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E951C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E951C	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e951c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.135 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b365',
    500: '#8e951c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e951c;
$custom-light: #b3b365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e951c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.471,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64315,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E951C

secondary

#534DC0

accent

#3DEB47

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E951C

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

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