#8E9731#8E9731

#8E9731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.124 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9731
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 67.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -16.95, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 53.17, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.051 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.124 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7769, 28.1062, 7.1303)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9731 #3A3197

analogous

#976D31 #8E9731 #5B9731

triadic

#8E9731 #318E97 #97318E

tetradic

#8E9731 #31976D #3A3197 #97315B

square

#8E9731 #31976D #3A3197 #97315B

split-complementary

#8E9731 #315B97 #6D3197

monochromatic

#373B13 #636922 #8E9731 #B7C243 #C9D171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8E9731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#8E9731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9731

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9731	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.124 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b56f',
    500: '#8e9731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9731;
$custom-light: #b2b56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64921,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9731

secondary

#726BB9

accent

#4DDA5A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9731

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

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