#8A9015#8A9015

#8A9015 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.134 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9015
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 21)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(63, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 85.4%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -16.38, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 59.67, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0517 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.134 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5906, 25.4044, 4.5282)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9015 #1B1590

analogous

#905915 #8A9015 #4C9015

triadic

#8A9015 #158A90 #90158A

tetradic

#8A9015 #159059 #1B1590 #90154C

square

#8A9015 #159059 #1B1590 #90154C

split-complementary

#8A9015 #154C90 #591590

monochromatic

#242505 #575B0D #8A9015 #BDC51D #DBE33D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A9015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A9015 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9015

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9015	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)

#9C8B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.134 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b061',
    500: '#8a9015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9015;
$custom-light: #b0b061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62774,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9015

secondary

#453EC2

accent

#37F140

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9015

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

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