Palettes / Colors / #8EA609

#8EA609 — Vivid Yellow

#8EA609 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Olive (#808000). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olive (#808000) — not an exact match. CSS olive gives you #808000, a different color; use #8EA609 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#8EA609 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2009A5; it also sits naturally between #A56E09 and #3FA509. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 56% · Green 65% · Blue 4%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 95% · Key 35%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #8EA609

.text { color: #8EA609; }
.background { background-color: #8EA609; }
.border { border: 3px solid #8EA609; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(142, 166, 9); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 90%, 34%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #8EA609; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(142, 166, 9, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #8EA609; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(142, 166, 9, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#8EA609">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#8EA609">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2009A5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #8EA609: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #8EA609

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #8EA609 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #8EA609 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #8EA608  ·  #8EA60A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #8EA609?

#8EA609 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 142, 166, 9). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #8EA609?

#8EA609 is RGB 142, 166, 9 — HSL 69°, 90%, 34% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 95%, 35%.

What colors go with #8EA609?

Its complement is #2009A5; analogous partners are #A56E09 and #3FA509. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #8EA609 for text?

Black text on #8EA609 has a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.76:1.