#8E991E#8E991E

#8E991E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.138 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E991E
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 30)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -18.94, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 60.67, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0583 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.138 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7816, 28.6274, 5.5536)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E991E #291E99

analogous

#99661E #8E991E #50991E

triadic

#8E991E #1E8E99 #991E8E

tetradic

#8E991E #1E9966 #291E99 #991E50

square

#8E991E #1E9966 #291E99 #991E50

split-complementary

#8E991E #1E5099 #661E99

monochromatic

#2F330A #5F6614 #8E991E #BDCC28 #D1DD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E991E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8E991E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E991E

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E991E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E991E	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e991e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.138 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b666',
    500: '#8e991e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e991e;
$custom-light: #b3b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e991e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.366,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65259,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E991E

secondary

#5C52C1

accent

#3EEA4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E991E

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

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