#8A8918#8A8918

#8A8918 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.125 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8918
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 24)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -12.58, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 56.28, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.041 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.125 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5925, 23.3612, 4.3411)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8918 #18198A

analogous

#8A5018 #8A8918 #528A18

triadic

#8A8918 #188A89 #89188A

tetradic

#8A8918 #188A50 #18198A #8A1852

square

#8A8918 #188A50 #18198A #8A1852

split-complementary

#8A8918 #18528A #50188A

monochromatic

#222106 #56550F #8A8918 #BEBD21 #DEDC3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A8918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A8918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8918

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8918	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.125 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab61',
    500: '#8a8918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8918;
$custom-light: #b0ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61158,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8918

secondary

#4041BD

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8918

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

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