#8A951E#8A951E

#8A951E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.135 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A951E
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 30)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 79.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -18.65, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 59.21, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0573 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.135 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4637, 26.9923, 5.3074)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A951E #291E95

analogous

#95641E #8A951E #4F951E

triadic

#8A951E #1E8A95 #951E8A

tetradic

#8A951E #1E9564 #291E95 #951E4F

square

#8A951E #1E9564 #291E95 #951E4F

split-complementary

#8A951E #1E4F95 #641E95

monochromatic

#2C2F09 #5B6214 #8A951E #B9C828 #CFDC51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A951E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8A951E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A951E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A951E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A951E	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)

#9F8F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a951e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.135 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b465',
    500: '#8a951e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a951e;
$custom-light: #b0b465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a951e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.546,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63989,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A951E

secondary

#5A50BF

accent

#3EE94E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A951E

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

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