#8A951B#8A951B

#8A951B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.137 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A951B
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 81.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -18.77, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 60.07, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0579 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.137 115)
XYZ	xyz(21.4272, 26.9777, 5.1152)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A951B #261B95

analogous

#95631B #8A951B #4D951B

triadic

#8A951B #1B8A95 #951B8A

tetradic

#8A951B #1B9563 #261B95 #951B4D

square

#8A951B #1B9563 #261B95 #951B4D

split-complementary

#8A951B #1B4D95 #631B95

monochromatic

#2A2D08 #5A6112 #8A951B #BAC924 #D1DF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A951B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8A951B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A951B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A951B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A951B	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a951b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.137 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b464',
    500: '#8a951b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a951b;
$custom-light: #b0b464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a951b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63974,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.26977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A951B

secondary

#564BC1

accent

#3CEC4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A951B

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

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