#8E9C22#8E9C22

#8E9C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.140 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9C22
RGB	rgb(142, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -20.31, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 60.72, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0618 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.14 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3332, 29.6436, 6.0057)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9C22 #30229C

analogous

#9C6D22 #8E9C22 #519C22

triadic

#8E9C22 #228E9C #9C228E

tetradic

#8E9C22 #229C6D #30229C #9C2251

square

#8E9C22 #229C6D #30229C #9C2251

split-complementary

#8E9C22 #22519C #6D229C

monochromatic

#33380C #606A17 #8E9C22 #BCCE2D #CDDC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8E9C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8E9C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9C22

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9C22	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.140 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b968',
    500: '#8e9c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9c22;
$custom-light: #b2b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.885,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65983,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9C22

secondary

#655AC0

accent

#41E754

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9C22

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

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