#8E9537#8E9537

#8E9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.117 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9537
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 63.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -15.51, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 49.74, 108.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0463 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.117 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5929, 27.5220, 7.7358)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9537 #3E3795

analogous

#956D37 #8E9537 #5F9537

triadic

#8E9537 #378E95 #95378E

tetradic

#8E9537 #37956D #3E3795 #95375F

square

#8E9537 #37956D #3E3795 #95375F

split-complementary

#8E9537 #375F95 #6D3795

monochromatic

#393C16 #636827 #8E9537 #B5BD4C #C7CD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8E9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8E9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9537

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9537	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)

#A08E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.117 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b472',
    500: '#8e9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9537;
$custom-light: #b1b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.468,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64512,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9537

secondary

#7771B6

accent

#52D65C

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9537

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

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