#8A8C1B#8A8C1B

#8A8C1B is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.127 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C1B
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -14.07, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 56.53, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0449 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.127 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0579, 24.2391, 4.6587)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C1B #1D1B8C

analogous

#8C551B #8A8C1B #518C1B

triadic

#8A8C1B #1B8A8C #8C1B8A

tetradic

#8A8C1B #1B8C55 #1D1B8C #8C1B51

square

#8A8C1B #1B8C55 #1D1B8C #8C1B51

split-complementary

#8A8C1B #1B518C #551B8C

monochromatic

#252507 #575911 #8A8C1B #BDBF25 #D9DB46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A8C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C1B

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C1B	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.127 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ad63',
    500: '#8a8c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c1b;
$custom-light: #b0ad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61868,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C1B

secondary

#4846BD

accent

#3DEB40

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C1B

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

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