#8E9D2C#8E9D2C

#8E9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.135 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9D2C
RGB	rgb(142, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 72%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -20.33, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 57.78, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0609 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.135 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6675, 30.0469, 6.9352)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9D2C #3B2C9D

analogous

#9D742C #8E9D2C #559D2C

triadic

#8E9D2C #2C8E9D #9D2C8E

tetradic

#8E9D2C #2C9D74 #3B2C9D #9D2C55

square

#8E9D2C #2C9D74 #3B2C9D #9D2C55

split-complementary

#8E9D2C #2C559D #742C9D

monochromatic

#383D11 #636D1F #8E9D2C #B6C93D #C8D66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8E9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8E9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9D2C

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9D2C	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.135 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b96d',
    500: '#8e9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9d2c;
$custom-light: #b2b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.965,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66281,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9D2C

secondary

#7368BD

accent

#48E05C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9D2C

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

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