#8E991C#8E991C

#8E991C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.139 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E991C
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 28)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 81.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -19.02, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 61.24, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0587 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.139 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7569, 28.6175, 5.4233)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E991C #271C99

analogous

#99651C #8E991C #4F991C

triadic

#8E991C #1C8E99 #991C8E

tetradic

#8E991C #1C9965 #271C99 #991C4F

square

#8E991C #1C9965 #271C99 #991C4F

split-complementary

#8E991C #1C4F99 #651C99

monochromatic

#2E3209 #5E6513 #8E991C #BECD25 #D2DF50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E991C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8E991C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E991C

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E991C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E991C	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)

#A49329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e991c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.139 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b665',
    500: '#8e991c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e991c;
$custom-light: #b3b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e991c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65249,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E991C

secondary

#594FC2

accent

#3CEC4B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E991C

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

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