#8A8E1E#8A8E1E

#8A8E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.128 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E1E
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, -15.01, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 56.39, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0472 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.128 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3893, 24.8435, 4.9493)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E1E #221E8E

analogous

#8E5A1E #8A8E1E #528E1E

triadic

#8A8E1E #1E8A8E #8E1E8A

tetradic

#8A8E1E #1E8E5A #221E8E #8E1E52

square

#8A8E1E #1E8E5A #221E8E #8E1E52

split-complementary

#8A8E1E #1E528E #5A1E8E

monochromatic

#282909 #595B13 #8A8E1E #BBC129 #D4D94D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8A8E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E1E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E1E	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)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.128 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae64',
    500: '#8a8e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e1e;
$custom-light: #b0ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E1E

secondary

#504CBC

accent

#40E846

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E1E

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

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