#8A8A1B#8A8A1B

#8A8A1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.125 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A1B
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -13.01, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 55.77, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0419 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.125 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7683, 23.6600, 4.5622)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A1B #1B1B8A

analogous

#8A531B #8A8A1B #538A1B

triadic

#8A8A1B #1B8A8A #8A1B8A

tetradic

#8A8A1B #1B8A53 #1B1B8A #8A1B53

square

#8A8A1B #1B8A53 #1B1B8A #8A1B53

split-complementary

#8A8A1B #1B538A #531B8A

monochromatic

#242407 #575711 #8A8A1B #BDBD25 #DBDB45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A8A1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A1B

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A1B	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.125 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab62',
    500: '#8a8a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a1b;
$custom-light: #b0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61404,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A1B

secondary

#4545BC

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A1B

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

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