#8E9819#8E9819

#8E9819 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.140 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9819
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 25)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 83.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -18.61, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 61.64, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0578 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.14 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5597, 28.2779, 5.1893)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9819 #231998

analogous

#986219 #8E9819 #4F9819

triadic

#8E9819 #198E98 #98198E

tetradic

#8E9819 #199862 #231998 #98194F

square

#8E9819 #199862 #231998 #98194F

split-complementary

#8E9819 #194F98 #621998

monochromatic

#2C2F08 #5D6310 #8E9819 #BFCD22 #D5E14A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8E9819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8E9819 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9819

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9819	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.140 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b664',
    500: '#8e9819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9819;
$custom-light: #b3b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.724,
    "s": 71.751,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65001,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9819

secondary

#534AC3

accent

#39EE48

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9819

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

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