#8E9E28#8E9E28

#8E9E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.139 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9E28
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -21.04, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 59.63, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0633 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.139 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7658, 30.3580, 6.6148)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E28 #38289E

analogous

#9E7328 #8E9E28 #539E28

triadic

#8E9E28 #288E9E #9E288E

tetradic

#8E9E28 #289E73 #38289E #9E2853

square

#8E9E28 #289E73 #38289E #9E2853

split-complementary

#8E9E28 #28539E #73289E

monochromatic

#363C0F #626D1C #8E9E28 #B8CC37 #C9D968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8E9E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#8E9E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E28

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E28	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.139 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ba6b',
    500: '#8e9e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e28;
$custom-light: #b2ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66488,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E28

secondary

#6F63BF

accent

#45E35A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E28

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

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