#8A961A#8A961A

#8A961A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.138 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A961A
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 26)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 82.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -19.32, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 60.75, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0594 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.138 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5747, 27.2909, 5.1082)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A961A #261A96

analogous

#96641A #8A961A #4C961A

triadic

#8A961A #1A8A96 #961A8A

tetradic

#8A961A #1A9664 #261A96 #961A4C

square

#8A961A #1A9664 #261A96 #961A4C

split-complementary

#8A961A #1A4C96 #641A96

monochromatic

#2A2E08 #5A6211 #8A961A #BACA23 #D1E04B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A961A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A961A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A961A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A961A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A961A	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a961a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.138 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b464',
    500: '#8a961a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a961a;
$custom-light: #b0b464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a961a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64204,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A961A

secondary

#564AC2

accent

#3BED4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A961A

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

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