#8E952D#8E952D

#8E952D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.125 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E952D
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 69.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -16.15, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 53.88, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0492 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.125 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3771, 27.4356, 6.5989)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E952D #342D95

analogous

#95682D #8E952D #5A952D

triadic

#8E952D #2D8E95 #952D8E

tetradic

#8E952D #2D9568 #342D95 #952D5A

square

#8E952D #2D9568 #342D95 #952D5A

split-complementary

#8E952D #2D5A95 #682D95

monochromatic

#343711 #61661F #8E952D #BBC43B #CBD26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8E952D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8E952D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E952D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E952D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E952D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e952d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.125 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b46d',
    500: '#8e952d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e952d;
$custom-light: #b2b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e952d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.038,
    "s": 53.608,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64423,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E952D

secondary

#6A65B9

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E952D

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

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