#8A8819#8A8819

#8A8819 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.124 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8819
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 25)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, -12.01, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 55.63, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0393 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.124 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4616, 23.0824, 4.3497)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8819 #191B8A

analogous

#8A5019 #8A8819 #548A19

triadic

#8A8819 #198A88 #88198A

tetradic

#8A8819 #198A50 #191B8A #8A1954

square

#8A8819 #198A50 #191B8A #8A1954

split-complementary

#8A8819 #19548A #50198A

monochromatic

#222206 #565510 #8A8819 #BEBB22 #DDDA41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A8819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A8819 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8819

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8819	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.124 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0aa61',
    500: '#8a8819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8819;
$custom-light: #b0aa61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60931,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8819

secondary

#4244BD

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8819

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

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