#8A901C#8A901C

#8A901C 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	#8A901C
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 28)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 80.6%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -16.14, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 57.79, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0505 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.131 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6648, 25.4341, 4.9191)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A901C #221C90

analogous

#905C1C #8A901C #50901C

triadic

#8A901C #1C8A90 #901C8A

tetradic

#8A901C #1C905C #221C90 #901C50

square

#8A901C #1C905C #221C90 #901C50

split-complementary

#8A901C #1C5090 #5C1C90

monochromatic

#282A08 #595D12 #8A901C #BBC326 #D4DC4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A901C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8A901C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A901C

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A901C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A901C	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)

#9C8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a901c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.131 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b064',
    500: '#8a901c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a901c;
$custom-light: #b0b064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a901c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62806,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A901C

secondary

#504ABE

accent

#3DEA46

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A901C

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

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