#8E9E1D#8E9E1D

#8E9E1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.144 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9E1D
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 29)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -21.52, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 63.01, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0655 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.144 117)
XYZ	xyz(23.6046, 30.2935, 5.7659)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E1D #2D1D9E

analogous

#9E6E1D #8E9E1D #4E9E1D

triadic

#8E9E1D #1D8E9E #9E1D8E

tetradic

#8E9E1D #1D9E6E #2D1D9E #9E1D4E

square

#8E9E1D #1D9E6E #2D1D9E #9E1D4E

split-complementary

#8E9E1D #1D4E9E #6E1D9E

monochromatic

#31370A #606A14 #8E9E1D #BCD226 #CFE056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8E9E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8E9E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E1D

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E1D	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)

#A8962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.144 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ba66',
    500: '#8e9e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e1d;
$custom-light: #b3ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.442,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66426,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.30293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E1D

secondary

#6154C3

accent

#3CEC52

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E1D

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

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