#8E9722#8E9722

#8E9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.134 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9722
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -17.75, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 58.64, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0547 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.134 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5114, 27.9999, 5.7317)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9722 #2B2297

analogous

#976622 #8E9722 #549722

triadic

#8E9722 #228E97 #97228E

tetradic

#8E9722 #229766 #2B2297 #972254

square

#8E9722 #229766 #2B2297 #972254

split-complementary

#8E9722 #225497 #662297

monochromatic

#30330C #5F6517 #8E9722 #BDC92D #D0DA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8E9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9722

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9722	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)

#A28F03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.134 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b567',
    500: '#8e9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9722;
$custom-light: #b2b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64813,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9722

secondary

#5F57BE

accent

#42E64E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9722

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

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