#8E9E1B#8E9E1B

#8E9E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.145 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9E1B
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -21.59, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 63.54, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0658 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.145 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5807, 30.2839, 5.6399)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E1B #2B1B9E

analogous

#9E6D1B #8E9E1B #4D9E1B

triadic

#8E9E1B #1B8E9E #9E1B8E

tetradic

#8E9E1B #1B9E6D #2B1B9E #9E1B4D

square

#8E9E1B #1B9E6D #2B1B9E #9E1B4D

split-complementary

#8E9E1B #1B4D9E #6D1B9E

monochromatic

#303509 #5F6A12 #8E9E1B #BDD224 #D0E152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8E9E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8E9E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E1B

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E1B	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)

#A89629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.145 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ba65',
    500: '#8e9e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e1b;
$custom-light: #b3ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.328,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66417,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E1B

secondary

#5F51C4

accent

#3AEE50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E1B

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

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