#8E991A#8E991A

#8E991A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.140 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E991A
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 26)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 83%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -19.09, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 61.78, 108.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.059 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.14 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7337, 28.6083, 5.3014)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E991A #251A99

analogous

#99651A #8E991A #4E991A

triadic

#8E991A #1A8E99 #991A8E

tetradic

#8E991A #1A9965 #251A99 #991A4E

square

#8E991A #1A9965 #251A99 #991A4E

split-complementary

#8E991A #1A4E99 #651A99

monochromatic

#2D3008 #5D6511 #8E991A #BFCD23 #D4E14D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E991A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8E991A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E991A

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E991A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E991A	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e991a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.140 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b664',
    500: '#8e991a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e991a;
$custom-light: #b3b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e991a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.197,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65239,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E991A

secondary

#564CC3

accent

#3AEE4A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E991A

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

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