#8A8A1E#8A8A1E

#8A8A1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.124 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A1E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -12.89, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 54.83, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0413 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.124 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8048, 23.6746, 4.7544)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A1E #1E1E8A

analogous

#8A541E #8A8A1E #548A1E

triadic

#8A8A1E #1E8A8A #8A1E8A

tetradic

#8A8A1E #1E8A54 #1E1E8A #8A1E54

square

#8A8A1E #1E8A54 #1E1E8A #8A1E54

split-complementary

#8A8A1E #1E548A #541E8A

monochromatic

#252508 #585813 #8A8A1E #BCBC29 #D8D84B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A8A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A1E

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A1E	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)

#968401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.124 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab64',
    500: '#8a8a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a1e;
$custom-light: #b0ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61421,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A1E

secondary

#4A4ABA

accent

#41E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A1E

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

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