#8A951D#8A951D

#8A951D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.136 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A951D
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 29)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 80.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -18.69, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 59.51, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0575 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.136 115)
XYZ	xyz(21.4511, 26.9873, 5.2412)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A951D #281D95

analogous

#95641D #8A951D #4E951D

triadic

#8A951D #1D8A95 #951D8A

tetradic

#8A951D #1D9564 #281D95 #951D4E

square

#8A951D #1D9564 #281D95 #951D4E

split-complementary

#8A951D #1D4E95 #641D95

monochromatic

#2B2F09 #5B6213 #8A951D #B9C827 #D0DD50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A951D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8A951D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A951D

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A951D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A951D	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)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a951d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.136 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b465',
    500: '#8a951d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a951d;
$custom-light: #b0b465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a951d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63984,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.26987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A951D

secondary

#594EC0

accent

#3DEA4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A951D

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

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