#8E9E1A#8E9E1A

#8E9E1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.146 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9E1A
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 26)
HSL	hsl(67, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -21.62, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 63.79, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.066 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.146 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5693, 30.2794, 5.5800)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E1A #2A1A9E

analogous

#9E6C1A #8E9E1A #4C9E1A

triadic

#8E9E1A #1A8E9E #9E1A8E

tetradic

#8E9E1A #1A9E6C #2A1A9E #9E1A4C

square

#8E9E1A #1A9E6C #2A1A9E #9E1A4C

split-complementary

#8E9E1A #1A4C9E #6C1A9E

monochromatic

#303509 #5F6911 #8E9E1A #BDD323 #D1E250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8E9E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8E9E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E1A

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E1A	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.146 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ba65',
    500: '#8e9e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e1a;
$custom-light: #b3ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66413,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E1A

secondary

#5D4FC5

accent

#39EE4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E1A

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

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