#8E951F#8E951F

#8E951F 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	#8E951F
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 31)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 79.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -16.84, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 58.77, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0524 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.134 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1508, 27.3451, 5.4073)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E951F #261F95

analogous

#95611F #8E951F #53951F

triadic

#8E951F #1F8E95 #951F8E

tetradic

#8E951F #1F9561 #261F95 #951F53

square

#8E951F #1F9561 #261F95 #951F53

split-complementary

#8E951F #1F5395 #611F95

monochromatic

#2D300A #5E6214 #8E951F #BEC82A #D3DB53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8E951F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8E951F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E951F

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E951F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E951F	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)

#A1902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e951f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.134 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b466',
    500: '#8e951f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e951f;
$custom-light: #b3b466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e951f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.559,
    "s": 65.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64331,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E951F

secondary

#5851BF

accent

#3FE949

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E951F

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

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