#8A931B#8A931B

#8A931B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.135 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A931B
RGB	rgb(138, 147, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 81.6%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -17.74, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 59.27, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.055 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.135 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1134, 26.3503, 5.0106)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A931B #241B93

analogous

#93601B #8A931B #4E931B

triadic

#8A931B #1B8A93 #931B8A

tetradic

#8A931B #1B9360 #241B93 #931B4E

square

#8A931B #1B9360 #241B93 #931B4E

split-complementary

#8A931B #1B4E93 #601B93

monochromatic

#292C08 #595F12 #8A931B #BBC724 #D3DE4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#8A931B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#8A931B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A931B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A931B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A931B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a931b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 147, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.135 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b264',
    500: '#8a931b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a931b;
$custom-light: #b0b264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a931b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63504,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A931B

secondary

#534AC0

accent

#3CEC49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A931B

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

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