#8E992A#8E992A

#8E992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.132 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E992A
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -18.39, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 56.74, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0558 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.132 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9651, 28.7008, 6.5201)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E992A #352A99

analogous

#996C2A #8E992A #56992A

triadic

#8E992A #2A8E99 #992A8E

tetradic

#8E992A #2A996C #352A99 #992A56

square

#8E992A #2A996C #352A99 #992A56

split-complementary

#8E992A #2A5699 #6C2A99

monochromatic

#353910 #61691D #8E992A #BAC838 #CBD668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8E992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#8E992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E992A

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E992A	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.132 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b66b',
    500: '#8e992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e992a;
$custom-light: #b2b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.946,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65332,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E992A

secondary

#6C63BC

accent

#48E057

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E992A

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

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