#8E9E2E#8E9E2E

#8E9E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.135 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9E2E
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -20.72, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 57.49, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0618 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.135 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8759, 30.4020, 7.1946)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E2E #3E2E9E

analogous

#9E762E #8E9E2E #569E2E

triadic

#8E9E2E #2E8E9E #9E2E8E

tetradic

#8E9E2E #2E9E76 #3E2E9E #9E2E56

square

#8E9E2E #2E9E76 #3E2E9E #9E2E56

split-complementary

#8E9E2E #2E569E #762E9E

monochromatic

#393F12 #636F20 #8E9E2E #B5C841 #C7D671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8E9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#8E9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E2E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E2E	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9951B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.135 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ba6e',
    500: '#8e9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e2e;
$custom-light: #b2ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66531,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E2E

secondary

#766BBD

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E2E

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

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