#8A8E1B#8A8E1B

#8A8E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.129 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E1B
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -15.13, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 57.30, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0478 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.129 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3528, 24.8289, 4.7570)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E1B #1F1B8E

analogous

#8E581B #8A8E1B #508E1B

triadic

#8A8E1B #1B8A8E #8E1B8A

tetradic

#8A8E1B #1B8E58 #1F1B8E #8E1B50

square

#8A8E1B #1B8E58 #1F1B8E #8E1B50

split-complementary

#8A8E1B #1B508E #581B8E

monochromatic

#262707 #585B11 #8A8E1B #BCC125 #D7DC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8A8E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E1B

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E1B	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.129 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae63',
    500: '#8a8e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e1b;
$custom-light: #b0ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62334,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E1B

secondary

#4B47BE

accent

#3DEB43

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E1B

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

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