#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
RGBrgb(142, 153, 30)
HSLhsl(65, 67%, 36%)
HSVhsv(65, 80%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(7.2%, 0%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(60.45, -18.94, 57.64)
CIE-LCHlch(60.45, 60.67, 108.19°)
OKLaboklab(65.26% -0.0583 0.1255)
OKLCHoklch(65.26% 0.138 114.9)
XYZxyz(22.7816, 28.6274, 5.5536)
Luminance0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E991E1.003.126.736.73
#FFFFFF3.121.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7321.001.001.00
##0000006.7321.001.001.00

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

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#8E991E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva