#8E9E1E#8E9E1E

#8E9E1E 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	#8E9E1E
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 30)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -21.48, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 62.73, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0653 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.144 117)
XYZ	xyz(23.6172, 30.2985, 5.8321)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E1E #2E1E9E

analogous

#9E6E1E #8E9E1E #4E9E1E

triadic

#8E9E1E #1E8E9E #9E1E8E

tetradic

#8E9E1E #1E9E6E #2E1E9E #9E1E4E

square

#8E9E1E #1E9E6E #2E1E9E #9E1E4E

split-complementary

#8E9E1E #1E4E9E #6E1E9E

monochromatic

#32370A #606B14 #8E9E1E #BCD128 #CEDF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8E9E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8E9E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E1E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E1E	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#A8962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.144 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ba67',
    500: '#8e9e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e1e;
$custom-light: #b3ba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66431,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.30298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E1E

secondary

#6355C3

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E1E

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

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