#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
RGBrgb(142, 149, 51)
HSLhsl(64, 49%, 39%)
HSVhsv(64, 66%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(4.7%, 0%, 65.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LABlab(59.42, -15.78, 48.97)
CIE-LCHlch(59.42, 51.45, 107.86°)
OKLaboklab(64.47% -0.0475 0.1109)
OKLCHoklch(64.47% 0.121 113.2)
XYZxyz(22.5009, 27.4851, 7.2512)
Luminance0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E95331.003.236.506.50
#FFFFFF3.231.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5021.001.001.00
##0000006.5021.001.001.00

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

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#8E9533 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva