#8E9923#8E9923

#8E9923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; 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	#8E9923
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -18.74, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 59.15, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0573 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.136 115)
XYZ	xyz(22.8506, 28.6550, 5.9170)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9923 #2E2399

analogous

#996923 #8E9923 #539923

triadic

#8E9923 #238E99 #99238E

tetradic

#8E9923 #239969 #2E2399 #992353

square

#8E9923 #239969 #2E2399 #992353

split-complementary

#8E9923 #235399 #692399

monochromatic

#32350C #606718 #8E9923 #BCCB2E #CEDA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E9923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8E9923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9923

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9923	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)

#A49104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.136 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b668',
    500: '#8e9923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9923;
$custom-light: #b2b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.593,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65286,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.28655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9923

secondary

#6359BE

accent

#42E651

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9923

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

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