#8E951E#8E951E

#8E951E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.134 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E951E
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 30)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 79.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -16.88, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 59.07, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0526 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.134 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1378, 27.3399, 5.3390)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E951E #251E95

analogous

#95601E #8E951E #53951E

triadic

#8E951E #1E8E95 #951E8E

tetradic

#8E951E #1E9560 #251E95 #951E53

square

#8E951E #1E9560 #251E95 #951E53

split-complementary

#8E951E #1E5395 #601E95

monochromatic

#2D2F09 #5D6214 #8E951E #BFC828 #D4DC51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8E951E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8E951E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E951E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E951E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E951E	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)

#A19029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e951e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.134 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b365',
    500: '#8e951e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e951e;
$custom-light: #b3b365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e951e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64325,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E951E

secondary

#5650BF

accent

#3EE948

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E951E

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

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