#8E9916#8E9916

#8E9916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.142 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9916
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -19.21, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 62.76, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0596 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.142 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6921, 28.5916, 5.0822)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9916 #211699

analogous

#996316 #8E9916 #4D9916

triadic

#8E9916 #168E99 #99168E

tetradic

#8E9916 #169963 #211699 #99164D

square

#8E9916 #169963 #211699 #99164D

split-complementary

#8E9916 #164D99 #631699

monochromatic

#2B2E07 #5C630E #8E9916 #C0CF1E #D7E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8E9916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8E9916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9916

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9916	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)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.142 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b663',
    500: '#8e9916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9916;
$custom-light: #b3b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65223,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9916

secondary

#5046C5

accent

#36F146

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9916

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

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