#8E9E22#8E9E22

#8E9E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.142 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9E22
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -21.32, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 61.57, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0646 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.142 117)
XYZ	xyz(23.6715, 30.3203, 6.1185)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E22 #32229E

analogous

#9E7022 #8E9E22 #509E22

triadic

#8E9E22 #228E9E #9E228E

tetradic

#8E9E22 #229E70 #32229E #9E2250

square

#8E9E22 #229E70 #32229E #9E2250

split-complementary

#8E9E22 #22509E #70229E

monochromatic

#33390C #616C17 #8E9E22 #BBD02D #CCDC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8E9E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#8E9E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E22

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E22	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)

#A8962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.142 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ba68',
    500: '#8e9e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e22;
$custom-light: #b3ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66452,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.3032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E22

secondary

#685BC1

accent

#40E856

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E22

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

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