#8E9B2F#8E9B2F

#8E9B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.131 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9B2F
RGB	rgb(142, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 69.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -19.14, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 55.76, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0573 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.131 116)
XYZ	xyz(23.3903, 29.3990, 7.1312)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9B2F #3C2F9B

analogous

#9B722F #8E9B2F #589B2F

triadic

#8E9B2F #2F8E9B #9B2F8E

tetradic

#8E9B2F #2F9B72 #3C2F9B #9B2F58

square

#8E9B2F #2F9B72 #3C2F9B #9B2F58

split-complementary

#8E9B2F #2F589B #722F9B

monochromatic

#383D13 #636C21 #8E9B2F #B6C642 #C8D471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8E9B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8E9B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9B2F

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9B2F	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6931E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.131 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b86e',
    500: '#8e9b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9b2f;
$custom-light: #b2b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.222,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65836,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.29399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9B2F

secondary

#746ABB

accent

#4BDD5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9B2F

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

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