#8E9B2B#8E9B2B

#8E9B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.133 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9B2B
RGB	rgb(142, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -19.36, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 57.25, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0584 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.133 116)
XYZ	xyz(23.3133, 29.3682, 6.7255)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9B2B #382B9B

analogous

#9B702B #8E9B2B #569B2B

triadic

#8E9B2B #2B8E9B #9B2B8E

tetradic

#8E9B2B #2B9B70 #382B9B #9B2B56

square

#8E9B2B #2B9B70 #382B9B #9B2B56

split-complementary

#8E9B2B #2B569B #702B9B

monochromatic

#363B10 #626B1E #8E9B2B #B8C93B #C9D66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8E9B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8E9B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9B2B

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9B2B	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.133 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b86c',
    500: '#8e9b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9b2b;
$custom-light: #b2b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.964,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65806,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.29368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9B2B

secondary

#6F65BC

accent

#48E05A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9B2B

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

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