#8E9740#8E9740

#8E9740 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.112 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9740
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 57.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -15.85, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 46.62, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0463 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.112 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1478, 28.2545, 9.0838)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9740 #494097

analogous

#977540 #8E9740 #639740

triadic

#8E9740 #408E97 #97408E

tetradic

#8E9740 #409775 #494097 #974063

square

#8E9740 #409775 #494097 #974063

split-complementary

#8E9740 #406397 #754097

monochromatic

#3D411C #666C2E #8E9740 #B0B95B #C4CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8E9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8E9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9740

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9740	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.112 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b578',
    500: '#8e9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9740;
$custom-light: #b1b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6507,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9740

secondary

#837DB6

accent

#57D064

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9740

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

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