#8E9C2E#8E9C2E

#8E9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.133 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9C2E
RGB	rgb(142, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -19.71, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 56.59, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.059 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.133 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5375, 29.7253, 7.0818)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9C2E #3C2E9C

analogous

#9C732E #8E9C2E #579C2E

triadic

#8E9C2E #2E8E9C #9C2E8E

tetradic

#8E9C2E #2E9C73 #3C2E9C #9C2E57

square

#8E9C2E #2E9C73 #3C2E9C #9C2E57

split-complementary

#8E9C2E #2E579C #732E9C

monochromatic

#383D12 #636D20 #8E9C2E #B6C740 #C8D570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8E9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8E9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9C2E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9C2E	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7941C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.133 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b96e',
    500: '#8e9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9c2e;
$custom-light: #b2b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.636,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66062,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9C2E

secondary

#746ABC

accent

#4ADE5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9C2E

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

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