#8E9E2A#8E9E2A

#8E9E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.137 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9E2A
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, -20.94, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 58.94, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0628 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.137 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8007, 30.3719, 6.7986)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E2A #3A2A9E

analogous

#9E742A #8E9E2A #549E2A

triadic

#8E9E2A #2A8E9E #9E2A8E

tetradic

#8E9E2A #2A9E74 #3A2A9E #9E2A54

square

#8E9E2A #2A9E74 #3A2A9E #9E2A54

split-complementary

#8E9E2A #2A549E #742A9E

monochromatic

#373D10 #636E1D #8E9E2A #B7CB3A #C9D86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8E9E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#8E9E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E2A

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E2A	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)

#A99514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.137 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ba6c',
    500: '#8e9e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e2a;
$custom-light: #b2ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66502,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E2A

secondary

#7266BE

accent

#47E15C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E2A

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

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