#8A8A18#8A8A18

#8A8A18 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.126 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A18
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 24)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -13.11, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 56.64, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0424 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.126 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7353, 23.6468, 4.3887)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A18 #18188A

analogous

#8A5118 #8A8A18 #518A18

triadic

#8A8A18 #188A8A #8A188A

tetradic

#8A8A18 #188A51 #18188A #8A1851

square

#8A8A18 #188A51 #18188A #8A1851

split-complementary

#8A8A18 #18518A #51188A

monochromatic

#222206 #56560F #8A8A18 #BEBE21 #DEDE3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A8A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A8A18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A18

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A18	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.126 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab61',
    500: '#8a8a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a18;
$custom-light: #b0ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61389,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A18

secondary

#4040BD

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A18

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

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