#8A9518#8A9518

#8A9518 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.138 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9518
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 24)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 83.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -18.87, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 60.87, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0583 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.138 115)
XYZ	xyz(21.3942, 26.9645, 4.9416)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9518 #231895

analogous

#956218 #8A9518 #4C9518

triadic

#8A9518 #188A95 #95188A

tetradic

#8A9518 #189562 #231895 #95184C

square

#8A9518 #189562 #231895 #95184C

split-complementary

#8A9518 #184C95 #621895

monochromatic

#282C07 #596010 #8A9518 #BBCA20 #D4E146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A9518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#8A9518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9518

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9518	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.138 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b463',
    500: '#8a9518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9518;
$custom-light: #b0b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6396,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.26964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9518

secondary

#5146C2

accent

#39EF49

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9518

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

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