#8A8E1D#8A8E1D

#8A8E1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.128 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E1D
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 29)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, -15.05, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 56.70, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0474 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.128 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3767, 24.8385, 4.8831)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E1D #211D8E

analogous

#8E591D #8A8E1D #518E1D

triadic

#8A8E1D #1D8A8E #8E1D8A

tetradic

#8A8E1D #1D8E59 #211D8E #8E1D51

square

#8A8E1D #1D8E59 #211D8E #8E1D51

split-complementary

#8A8E1D #1D518E #591D8E

monochromatic

#272808 #595B13 #8A8E1D #BBC127 #D5DA4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8A8E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E1D

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E1D	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)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.128 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae64',
    500: '#8a8e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e1d;
$custom-light: #b0ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62345,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E1D

secondary

#4E4ABD

accent

#3FE945

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E1D

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

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