#8A8E11#8A8E11

#8A8E11 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.133 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E11
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 17)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(62, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -15.44, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 59.83, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0493 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.133 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2562, 24.7903, 4.2482)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E11 #15118E

analogous

#8E5311 #8A8E11 #4B8E11

triadic

#8A8E11 #118A8E #8E118A

tetradic

#8A8E11 #118E53 #15118E #8E114B

square

#8A8E11 #118E53 #15118E #8E114B

split-complementary

#8A8E11 #114B8E #53118E

monochromatic

#202104 #55570A #8A8E11 #BFC518 #E1E733

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A8E11 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E11

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E11	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.133 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae5f',
    500: '#8a8e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e11;
$custom-light: #b0ae5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.92,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62292,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E11

secondary

#3D38C2

accent

#33F539

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E11

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

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