#8E9D1E#8E9D1E

#8E9D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.143 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9D1E
RGB	rgb(142, 157, 30)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -20.98, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 62.32, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% -0.0639 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.143 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4473, 29.9588, 5.7755)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9D1E #2D1E9D

analogous

#9D6D1E #8E9D1E #4E9D1E

triadic

#8E9D1E #1E8E9D #9D1E8E

tetradic

#8E9D1E #1E9D6D #2D1E9D #9D1E4E

square

#8E9D1E #1E9D6D #2D1E9D #9D1E4E

split-complementary

#8E9D1E #1E4E9D #6D1E9D

monochromatic

#31360A #606A14 #8E9D1E #BCD028 #CFDF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8E9D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8E9D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9D1E

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9D1E	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	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)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 157, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.143 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b966',
    500: '#8e9d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9d1e;
$custom-light: #b3b966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.087,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66196,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9D1E

secondary

#6154C2

accent

#3DEB52

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9D1E

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

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