#8A961C#8A961C

#8A961C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.137 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A961C
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 28)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 81.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -19.25, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 60.20, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0591 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.137 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5978, 27.3002, 5.2301)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A961C #281C96

analogous

#96651C #8A961C #4D961C

triadic

#8A961C #1C8A96 #961C8A

tetradic

#8A961C #1C9665 #281C96 #961C4D

square

#8A961C #1C9665 #281C96 #961C4D

split-complementary

#8A961C #1C4D96 #651C96

monochromatic

#2B2F09 #5B6212 #8A961C #B9CA26 #D0DE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A961C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A961C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A961C

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A961C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A961C	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)

#A09028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a961c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.137 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b465',
    500: '#8a961c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a961c;
$custom-light: #b0b465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a961c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.902,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64214,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A961C

secondary

#594DC1

accent

#3CEB4E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A961C

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

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