#8E9922#8E9922

#8E9922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.136 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9922
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -18.78, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 59.47, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0575 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.136 115)
XYZ	xyz(22.8360, 28.6492, 5.8399)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9922 #2D2299

analogous

#996922 #8E9922 #539922

triadic

#8E9922 #228E99 #99228E

tetradic

#8E9922 #229969 #2D2299 #992253

square

#8E9922 #229969 #2D2299 #992253

split-complementary

#8E9922 #225399 #692299

monochromatic

#31350C #606717 #8E9922 #BCCB2D #CFDB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8E9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9922

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9922	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)

#A49101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.136 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b668',
    500: '#8e9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9922;
$custom-light: #b2b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.546,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6528,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.28649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9922

secondary

#6158BF

accent

#41E750

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9922

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

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