#8A8E16#8A8E16

#8A8E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.131 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E16
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -15.30, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 58.66, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0486 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.131 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2998, 24.8077, 4.4779)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E16 #1A168E

analogous

#8E5616 #8A8E16 #4E8E16

triadic

#8A8E16 #168A8E #8E168A

tetradic

#8A8E16 #168E56 #1A168E #8E164E

square

#8A8E16 #168E56 #1A168E #8E164E

split-complementary

#8A8E16 #164E8E #56168E

monochromatic

#232406 #57590E #8A8E16 #BDC31E #DCE13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A8E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E16

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E16	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)

#9A8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.131 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae61',
    500: '#8a8e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e16;
$custom-light: #b0ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62311,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E16

secondary

#433FC1

accent

#38F03E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E16

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

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