#8A9519#8A9519

#8A9519 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	#8A9519
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 25)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 83.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -18.84, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 60.61, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0582 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.138 115)
XYZ	xyz(21.4048, 26.9687, 4.9974)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9519 #241995

analogous

#956219 #8A9519 #4C9519

triadic

#8A9519 #198A95 #95198A

tetradic

#8A9519 #199562 #241995 #95194C

square

#8A9519 #199562 #241995 #95194C

split-complementary

#8A9519 #194C95 #621995

monochromatic

#292C07 #596110 #8A9519 #BBC922 #D3E048

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A9519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#8A9519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9519

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9519	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)

#A08F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.138 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b463',
    500: '#8a9519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9519;
$custom-light: #b0b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63964,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.26968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9519

secondary

#5348C2

accent

#3AEE4A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9519

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

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