#8E992B#8E992B

#8E992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.131 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E992B
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -18.34, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 56.38, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0555 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.131 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9832, 28.7081, 6.6155)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E992B #362B99

analogous

#996D2B #8E992B #57992B

triadic

#8E992B #2B8E99 #992B8E

tetradic

#8E992B #2B996D #362B99 #992B57

square

#8E992B #2B996D #362B99 #992B57

split-complementary

#8E992B #2B5799 #6D2B99

monochromatic

#353910 #62691E #8E992B #B9C83A #CAD569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8E992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#8E992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E992B

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E992B	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#A49118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.131 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b66c',
    500: '#8e992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e992b;
$custom-light: #b2b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65339,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E992B

secondary

#6D64BC

accent

#48DF57

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E992B

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

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