#8A8D16#8A8D16

#8A8D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.130 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D16
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -14.77, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 58.29, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0472 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.13 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1517, 24.5115, 4.4286)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D16 #19168D

analogous

#8D5516 #8A8D16 #4E8D16

triadic

#8A8D16 #168A8D #8D168A

tetradic

#8A8D16 #168D55 #19168D #8D164E

square

#8A8D16 #168D55 #19168D #8D164E

split-complementary

#8A8D16 #164E8D #55168D

monochromatic

#222305 #56580E #8A8D16 #BEC21E #DDE13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8A8D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D16

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D16	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.130 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae61',
    500: '#8a8d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d16;
$custom-light: #b0ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62078,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D16

secondary

#423EC1

accent

#38F03D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D16

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →