#8E9720#8E9720

#8E9720 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.135 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9720
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 32)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -17.84, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 59.27, 107.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0551 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.135 114)
XYZ	xyz(22.4833, 27.9887, 5.5842)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9720 #292097

analogous

#976420 #8E9720 #529720

triadic

#8E9720 #208E97 #97208E

tetradic

#8E9720 #209764 #292097 #972052

square

#8E9720 #209764 #292097 #972052

split-complementary

#8E9720 #205297 #642097

monochromatic

#2F320B #5F6415 #8E9720 #BDC92B #D1DB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E9720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8E9720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9720

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9720	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.135 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b566',
    500: '#8e9720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9720;
$custom-light: #b3b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.538,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64802,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.27988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9720

secondary

#5C54BF

accent

#40E84D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9720

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

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