#8E981E#8E981E

#8E981E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.137 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E981E
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 30)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 80.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -18.43, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 60.27, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0569 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.137 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6186, 28.3014, 5.4993)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E981E #281E98

analogous

#98651E #8E981E #51981E

triadic

#8E981E #1E8E98 #981E8E

tetradic

#8E981E #1E9865 #281E98 #981E51

square

#8E981E #1E9865 #281E98 #981E51

split-complementary

#8E981E #1E5198 #651E98

monochromatic

#2F320A #5E6514 #8E981E #BECB28 #D2DD53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8E981E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#8E981E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E981E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E981E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E981E	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)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e981e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.137 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b666',
    500: '#8e981e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e981e;
$custom-light: #b3b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e981e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 67.033,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65025,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E981E

secondary

#5B51C0

accent

#3EEA4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E981E

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

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