#8A9016#8A9016

#8A9016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.133 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9016
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(63, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 84.7%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -16.35, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 59.42, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0515 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.133 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6000, 25.4082, 4.5780)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9016 #1C1690

analogous

#905916 #8A9016 #4D9016

triadic

#8A9016 #168A90 #90168A

tetradic

#8A9016 #169059 #1C1690 #90164D

square

#8A9016 #169059 #1C1690 #90164D

split-complementary

#8A9016 #164D90 #591690

monochromatic

#242606 #575B0E #8A9016 #BDC51E #DAE23F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A9016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A9016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9016

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9016	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)

#9C8B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.133 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b061',
    500: '#8a9016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9016;
$custom-light: #b0b061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62778,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9016

secondary

#4640C2

accent

#38F041

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9016

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

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