#8E9530#8E9530

#8E9530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.123 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9530
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -15.97, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 52.68, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0484 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.123 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4369, 27.4595, 6.9140)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9530 #373095

analogous

#956930 #8E9530 #5B9530

triadic

#8E9530 #308E95 #95308E

tetradic

#8E9530 #309569 #373095 #95305B

square

#8E9530 #309569 #373095 #95305B

split-complementary

#8E9530 #305B95 #693095

monochromatic

#363812 #626721 #8E9530 #B9C241 #CAD16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8E9530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#8E9530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9530

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9530	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#A08E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.123 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b46e',
    500: '#8e9530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9530;
$custom-light: #b2b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.158,
    "s": 51.269,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64448,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9530

secondary

#6E69B8

accent

#4DDB57

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9530

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

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