#8E9A22#8E9A22

#8E9A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.138 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9A22
RGB	rgb(142, 154, 34)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -19.29, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 59.88, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.059 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.138 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0003, 28.9779, 5.8947)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9A22 #2E229A

analogous

#9A6A22 #8E9A22 #529A22

triadic

#8E9A22 #228E9A #9A228E

tetradic

#8E9A22 #229A6A #2E229A #9A2252

square

#8E9A22 #229A6A #2E229A #9A2252

split-complementary

#8E9A22 #22529A #6A229A

monochromatic

#32360C #606817 #8E9A22 #BCCC2D #CEDB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8E9A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8E9A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9A22

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9A22	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 154, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.138 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b768',
    500: '#8e9a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9a22;
$custom-light: #b2b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65514,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9A22

secondary

#6358BF

accent

#41E752

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9A22

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

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