#8A9012#8A9012

#8A9012 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	#8A9012
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 18)
HSL	hsl(63, 78%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(63, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 87.5%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -16.46, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 60.36, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0521 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.135 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5644, 25.3940, 4.3904)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9012 #181290

analogous

#905712 #8A9012 #4B9012

triadic

#8A9012 #128A90 #90128A

tetradic

#8A9012 #129057 #181290 #90124B

square

#8A9012 #129057 #181290 #90124B

split-complementary

#8A9012 #124B90 #571290

monochromatic

#222304 #565A0B #8A9012 #BEC619 #DEE636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A9012 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A9012 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9012

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9012	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9012	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#9C8B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9012;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.135 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b060',
    500: '#8a9012',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9012;
$custom-light: #b0b060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9012",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62763,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9012

secondary

#403AC4

accent

#34F43D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111005

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9012

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

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