#8E9524#8E9524

#8E9524 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	#8E9524
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 75.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -16.62, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 57.16, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0514 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.131 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2219, 27.3735, 5.7817)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9524 #2B2495

analogous

#956424 #8E9524 #569524

triadic

#8E9524 #248E95 #95248E

tetradic

#8E9524 #249564 #2B2495 #952456

square

#8E9524 #249564 #2B2495 #952456

split-complementary

#8E9524 #245695 #642495

monochromatic

#30320C #5F6418 #8E9524 #BDC630 #D0D85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8E9524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#8E9524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9524

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9524	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)

#A08E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.131 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b468',
    500: '#8e9524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9524;
$custom-light: #b2b468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.717,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6436,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9524

secondary

#5F59BC

accent

#44E44E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9524

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

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