#8A911F#8A911F

#8A911F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.130 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A911F
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 31)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 78.6%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -16.54, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 57.27, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0514 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.13 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8546, 25.7535, 5.1684)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A911F #261F91

analogous

#915F1F #8A911F #51911F

triadic

#8A911F #1F8A91 #911F8A

tetradic

#8A911F #1F915F #261F91 #911F51

square

#8A911F #1F915F #261F91 #911F51

split-complementary

#8A911F #1F5191 #5F1F91

monochromatic

#2A2C09 #5A5F14 #8A911F #BAC32A #D1DA51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A911F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A911F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A911F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A911F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A911F	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94887C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a911f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.130 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b165',
    500: '#8a911f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a911f;
$custom-light: #b0b165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a911f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.684,
    "s": 64.773,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63056,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A911F

secondary

#564FBD

accent

#40E84A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A911F

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

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