#8E9529#8E9529

#8E9529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.128 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9529
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -16.38, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 55.39, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0502 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.128 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3037, 27.4063, 6.2124)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9529 #302995

analogous

#956629 #8E9529 #589529

triadic

#8E9529 #298E95 #95298E

tetradic

#8E9529 #299566 #302995 #952958

square

#8E9529 #299566 #302995 #952958

split-complementary

#8E9529 #295895 #662995

monochromatic

#33350F #60651C #8E9529 #BCC536 #CDD464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8E9529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8E9529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9529

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9529	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)

#A08E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.128 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b46b',
    500: '#8e9529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9529;
$custom-light: #b2b46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.889,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64393,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9529

secondary

#6560BA

accent

#48E052

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9529

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

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