#8E9520#8E9520

#8E9520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.133 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9520
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 78.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -16.80, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 58.46, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0522 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.133 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1642, 27.3505, 5.4778)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9520 #272095

analogous

#956120 #8E9520 #539520

triadic

#8E9520 #208E95 #95208E

tetradic

#8E9520 #209561 #272095 #952053

square

#8E9520 #209561 #272095 #952053

split-complementary

#8E9520 #205395 #612095

monochromatic

#2E300A #5E6315 #8E9520 #BEC72B #D2DA55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8E9520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8E9520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9520

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9520	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)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.133 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b466',
    500: '#8e9520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9520;
$custom-light: #b2b466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.59,
    "s": 64.641,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64336,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9520

secondary

#5953BE

accent

#40E84A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9520

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

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