#8E981A#8E981A

#8E981A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.139 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E981A
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 26)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 82.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -18.58, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 61.38, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0576 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.139 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5707, 28.2823, 5.2471)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E981A #241A98

analogous

#98631A #8E981A #4F981A

triadic

#8E981A #1A8E98 #981A8E

tetradic

#8E981A #1A9863 #241A98 #981A4F

square

#8E981A #1A9863 #241A98 #981A4F

split-complementary

#8E981A #1A4F98 #631A98

monochromatic

#2C2F08 #5D6411 #8E981A #BFCC23 #D5E04C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8E981A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8E981A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E981A

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E981A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E981A	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#A39227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e981a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.139 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b664',
    500: '#8e981a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e981a;
$custom-light: #b3b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e981a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 70.787,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65006,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E981A

secondary

#554BC2

accent

#3AEE48

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E981A

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

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