#8E9D2D#8E9D2D

#8E9D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.134 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9D2D
RGB	rgb(142, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 71.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -20.27, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 57.41, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0607 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.134 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6865, 30.0545, 7.0354)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9D2D #3C2D9D

analogous

#9D742D #8E9D2D #569D2D

triadic

#8E9D2D #2D8E9D #9D2D8E

tetradic

#8E9D2D #2D9D74 #3C2D9D #9D2D56

square

#8E9D2D #2D9D74 #3C2D9D #9D2D56

split-complementary

#8E9D2D #2D569D #742D9D

monochromatic

#383E12 #636D1F #8E9D2D #B6C83F #C8D66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8E9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8E9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9D2D

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9D2D	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)

#A8951A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.134 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b96d',
    500: '#8e9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9d2d;
$custom-light: #b2b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.036,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66289,
    "c": 0.13437,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9D2D

secondary

#7469BD

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9D2D

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

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