#8A901B#8A901B

#8A901B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.131 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A901B
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 81.3%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -16.18, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 58.08, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0507 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.131 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6530, 25.4294, 4.8571)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A901B #211B90

analogous

#905B1B #8A901B #4F901B

triadic

#8A901B #1B8A90 #901B8A

tetradic

#8A901B #1B905B #211B90 #901B4F

square

#8A901B #1B905B #211B90 #901B4F

split-complementary

#8A901B #1B4F90 #5B1B90

monochromatic

#272908 #595C11 #8A901B #BBC425 #D5DD49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A901B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8A901B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A901B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A901B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A901B	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a901b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.131 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b063',
    500: '#8a901b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a901b;
$custom-light: #b0b063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a901b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62801,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A901B

secondary

#4E48BF

accent

#3DEB45

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A901B

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

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