#8E9824#8E9824

#8E9824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.134 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9824
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 36)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 76.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -18.18, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 58.40, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0557 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.134 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7027, 28.3351, 5.9420)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9824 #2E2498

analogous

#986824 #8E9824 #549824

triadic

#8E9824 #248E98 #98248E

tetradic

#8E9824 #249868 #2E2498 #982454

square

#8E9824 #249868 #2E2498 #982454

split-complementary

#8E9824 #245498 #682498

monochromatic

#32350D #606718 #8E9824 #BCC930 #CED95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8E9824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8E9824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9824

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9824	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.134 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b668',
    500: '#8e9824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9824;
$custom-light: #b2b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65059,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9824

secondary

#635ABE

accent

#43E551

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9824

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

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