#8E991B#8E991B

#8E991B 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	#8E991B
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -19.05, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 61.51, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0588 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.14 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7451, 28.6128, 5.3613)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E991B #261B99

analogous

#99651B #8E991B #4F991B

triadic

#8E991B #1B8E99 #991B8E

tetradic

#8E991B #1B9965 #261B99 #991B4F

square

#8E991B #1B9965 #261B99 #991B4F

split-complementary

#8E991B #1B4F99 #651B99

monochromatic

#2D3109 #5E6512 #8E991B #BECD24 #D3E04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E991B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8E991B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E991B

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E991B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E991B	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)

#A49328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e991b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.140 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b665',
    500: '#8e991b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e991b;
$custom-light: #b3b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e991b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.238,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65244,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E991B

secondary

#584EC2

accent

#3BED4B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E991B

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

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