#8E9525#8E9525

#8E9525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.130 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9525
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 37)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 75.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -16.58, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 56.82, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0512 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.13 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2374, 27.3797, 5.8633)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9525 #2C2595

analogous

#956425 #8E9525 #569525

triadic

#8E9525 #258E95 #95258E

tetradic

#8E9525 #259564 #2C2595 #952556

square

#8E9525 #259564 #2C2595 #952556

split-complementary

#8E9525 #255695 #642595

monochromatic

#31330D #5F6419 #8E9525 #BDC631 #CFD75E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8E9525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8E9525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9525

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9525	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.130 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b469',
    500: '#8e9525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9525;
$custom-light: #b2b469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64366,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9525

secondary

#605ABC

accent

#44E34E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9525

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

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