#8E9D18#8E9D18

#8E9D18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.145 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9D18
RGB	rgb(142, 157, 24)
HSL	hsl(67, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 84.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -21.19, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 63.87, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0649 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.145 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3778, 29.9310, 5.4097)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9D18 #27189D

analogous

#9D6918 #8E9D18 #4B9D18

triadic

#8E9D18 #188E9D #9D188E

tetradic

#8E9D18 #189D69 #27189D #9D184B

square

#8E9D18 #189D69 #27189D #9D184B

split-complementary

#8E9D18 #184B9D #69189D

monochromatic

#2E3308 #5E6810 #8E9D18 #BED220 #D2E44C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8E9D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8E9D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9D18

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9D18	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 157, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.145 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b964',
    500: '#8e9d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9d18;
$custom-light: #b3b964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.767,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66169,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9D18

secondary

#594BC5

accent

#38F04C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9D18

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

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