#8A911C#8A911C

#8A911C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.132 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A911C
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 28)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 80.7%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -16.66, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 58.18, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.052 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.132 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8169, 25.7384, 4.9698)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A911C #231C91

analogous

#915E1C #8A911C #50911C

triadic

#8A911C #1C8A91 #911C8A

tetradic

#8A911C #1C915E #231C91 #911C50

square

#8A911C #1C915E #231C91 #911C50

split-complementary

#8A911C #1C5091 #5E1C91

monochromatic

#282A08 #595E12 #8A911C #BBC426 #D4DC4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A911C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A911C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A911C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A911C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A911C	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94887C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a911c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.132 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b164',
    500: '#8a911c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a911c;
$custom-light: #b0b164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a911c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.59,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6304,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A911C

secondary

#514ABE

accent

#3DEB48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A911C

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

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