#8E981C#8E981C

#8E981C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.138 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E981C
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 28)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 81.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -18.50, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 60.84, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0573 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.138 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5939, 28.2915, 5.3690)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E981C #261C98

analogous

#98641C #8E981C #50981C

triadic

#8E981C #1C8E98 #981C8E

tetradic

#8E981C #1C9864 #261C98 #981C50

square

#8E981C #1C9864 #261C98 #981C50

split-complementary

#8E981C #1C5098 #641C98

monochromatic

#2D3109 #5E6412 #8E981C #BECC26 #D3DF50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8E981C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8E981C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E981C

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E981C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E981C	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)

#A39228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e981c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.138 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b665',
    500: '#8e981c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e981c;
$custom-light: #b3b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e981c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65015,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E981C

secondary

#584EC1

accent

#3CEC4A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E981C

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

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