#8E9533#8E9533

#8E9533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.121 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9533
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 65.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -15.78, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 51.45, 107.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0475 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.121 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5009, 27.4851, 7.2512)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9533 #3A3395

analogous

#956B33 #8E9533 #5D9533

triadic

#8E9533 #338E95 #95338E

tetradic

#8E9533 #33956B #3A3395 #95335D

square

#8E9533 #33956B #3A3395 #95335D

split-complementary

#8E9533 #335D95 #6B3395

monochromatic

#373A14 #636723 #8E9533 #B7C046 #C9CF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8E9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8E9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9533

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9533	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.121 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b470',
    500: '#8e9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9533;
$custom-light: #b2b470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 49,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64474,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9533

secondary

#726CB7

accent

#4FD959

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9533

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

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