#8E9D22#8E9D22

#8E9D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.141 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9D22
RGB	rgb(142, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -20.82, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 61.14, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0632 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.141 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5017, 29.9805, 6.0618)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9D22 #31229D

analogous

#9D6E22 #8E9D22 #519D22

triadic

#8E9D22 #228E9D #9D228E

tetradic

#8E9D22 #229D6E #31229D #9D2251

square

#8E9D22 #229D6E #31229D #9D2251

split-complementary

#8E9D22 #22519D #6E229D

monochromatic

#33380C #616B17 #8E9D22 #BBCF2D #CDDC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8E9D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8E9D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9D22

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9D22	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.141 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b968',
    500: '#8e9d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9d22;
$custom-light: #b3b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66217,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9D22

secondary

#675AC1

accent

#40E755

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9D22

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

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