#8E9E15#8E9E15

#8E9E15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.148 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E9E15
RGBrgb(142, 158, 21)
HSLhsl(67, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(67, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(10.1%, 0%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(61.88, -21.78, 61.20)
CIE-LCHlch(61.88, 64.95, 109.59°)
OKLaboklab(66.39% -0.0667 0.1316)
OKLCHoklch(66.39% 0.148 116.9)
XYZxyz(23.5182, 30.2590, 5.3110)
Luminance0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E9E15 #25159E
analogous
#9E6915 #8E9E15 #4A9E15
triadic
#8E9E15 #158E9E #9E158E
tetradic
#8E9E15 #159E69 #25159E #9E154A
square
#8E9E15 #159E69 #25159E #9E154A
split-complementary
#8E9E15 #154A9E #69159E
monochromatic
#2D3207 #5D680E #8E9E15 #BFD41C #D4E747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98
#8E9E15 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05
#8E9E15 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E15
7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E9E15#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8E9E151.002.987.057.05
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0521.001.001.00
##0000007.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9500
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A89625
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#989486
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e9e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.148 116.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ba63',
    500: '#8e9e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e9e15;
$custom-light: #b3ba63;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e9e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66393,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E9E15
secondary
#5647C7
accent
#35F34B
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F6EB
border
#D0D0C6
text
#111106
muted
#80807A

Preview Lab

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#8E9E15 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva