#8A8B1E#8A8B1E

#8A8B1E is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.125 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B1E
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -13.42, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 55.22, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0428 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.125 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9489, 23.9628, 4.8025)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B1E #1F1E8B

analogous

#8B551E #8A8B1E #548B1E

triadic

#8A8B1E #1E8A8B #8B1E8A

tetradic

#8A8B1E #1E8B55 #1F1E8B #8B1E54

square

#8A8B1E #1E8B55 #1F1E8B #8B1E54

split-complementary

#8A8B1E #1E548B #551E8B

monochromatic

#262608 #585913 #8A8B1E #BCBD29 #D7D84B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8A8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B1E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B1E	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.125 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac64',
    500: '#8a8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b1e;
$custom-light: #b0ac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.55,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61652,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B1E

secondary

#4B4ABB

accent

#40E742

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B1E

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

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