#8E9921#8E9921

#8E9921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.137 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9921
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -18.82, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 59.78, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0577 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.137 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8217, 28.6435, 5.7651)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9921 #2C2199

analogous

#996821 #8E9921 #529921

triadic

#8E9921 #218E99 #99218E

tetradic

#8E9921 #219968 #2C2199 #992152

square

#8E9921 #219968 #2C2199 #992152

split-complementary

#8E9921 #215299 #682199

monochromatic

#31340B #5F6716 #8E9921 #BDCB2C #CFDB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E9921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8E9921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9921

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9921	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)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.137 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b667',
    500: '#8e9921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9921;
$custom-light: #b2b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65275,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9921

secondary

#6056BF

accent

#40E850

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9921

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

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