#8E9725#8E9725

#8E9725 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.132 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9725
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 37)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 75.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -17.61, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 57.65, 107.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0541 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.132 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5565, 28.0180, 5.9697)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9725 #2E2597

analogous

#976725 #8E9725 #559725

triadic

#8E9725 #258E97 #97258E

tetradic

#8E9725 #259767 #2E2597 #972555

square

#8E9725 #259767 #2E2597 #972555

split-complementary

#8E9725 #255597 #672597

monochromatic

#32350D #606619 #8E9725 #BCC831 #CED85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E9725 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8E9725 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9725

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9725	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9725	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)

#A28F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9725;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.132 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b569',
    500: '#8e9725',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9725;
$custom-light: #b2b569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9725",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64832,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9725

secondary

#635BBD

accent

#44E451

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9725

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

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