#8E9840#8E9840

#8E9840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.113 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9840
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 41%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 57.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -16.37, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 47.11, 110.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0478 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.113 115)
XYZ	xyz(23.3094, 28.5778, 9.1376)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9840 #4A4098

analogous

#987640 #8E9840 #629840

triadic

#8E9840 #408E98 #98408E

tetradic

#8E9840 #409876 #4A4098 #984062

square

#8E9840 #409876 #4A4098 #984062

split-complementary

#8E9840 #406298 #764098

monochromatic

#3E421C #666D2E #8E9840 #AFBA5B #C4CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8E9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8E9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9840

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9840	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.113 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b678',
    500: '#8e9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9840;
$custom-light: #b1b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.818,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65302,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.28577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9840

secondary

#847DB7

accent

#57D165

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9840

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

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