#8A9011#8A9011

#8A9011 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.135 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9011
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 17)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(63, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 88.2%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -16.49, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 60.57, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0522 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.135 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5564, 25.3908, 4.3483)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9011 #171190

analogous

#905711 #8A9011 #4B9011

triadic

#8A9011 #118A90 #90118A

tetradic

#8A9011 #119057 #171190 #90114B

square

#8A9011 #119057 #171190 #90114B

split-complementary

#8A9011 #114B90 #571190

monochromatic

#212304 #56590B #8A9011 #BEC717 #DFE734

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A9011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A9011 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9011

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9011	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.135 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b060',
    500: '#8a9011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9011;
$custom-light: #b0b060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.835,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9011

secondary

#3F39C4

accent

#32F53C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9011

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

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