#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
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 21)
HSL	hsl(67, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -21.78, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 64.95, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0667 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.148 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5182, 30.2590, 5.3110)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8E9E15	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8E9E15

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

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