#8E9523#8E9523

#8E9523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.131 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9523
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 76.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -16.67, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 57.49, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0516 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.131 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2069, 27.3675, 5.7024)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9523 #2A2395

analogous

#956323 #8E9523 #559523

triadic

#8E9523 #238E95 #95238E

tetradic

#8E9523 #239563 #2A2395 #952355

square

#8E9523 #239563 #2A2395 #952355

split-complementary

#8E9523 #235595 #632395

monochromatic

#30320C #5F6317 #8E9523 #BDC72F #D1D85A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8E9523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8E9523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9523

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9523	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#A18E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.131 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b468',
    500: '#8e9523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9523;
$custom-light: #b2b468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.684,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64354,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9523

secondary

#5D57BD

accent

#43E54D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9523

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

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