#8E991D#8E991D

#8E991D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.139 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E991D
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 29)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 81%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -18.98, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 60.96, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0585 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.139 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7690, 28.6224, 5.4874)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E991D #281D99

analogous

#99661D #8E991D #50991D

triadic

#8E991D #1D8E99 #991D8E

tetradic

#8E991D #1D9966 #281D99 #991D50

square

#8E991D #1D9966 #281D99 #991D50

split-complementary

#8E991D #1D5099 #661D99

monochromatic

#2E3209 #5E6613 #8E991D #BECC27 #D2DE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E991D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8E991D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E991D

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E991D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E991D	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)

#989083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e991d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.139 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b666',
    500: '#8e991d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e991d;
$custom-light: #b3b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e991d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65254,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E991D

secondary

#5B51C1

accent

#3DEB4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E991D

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

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