#8A961D#8A961D

#8A961D 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	#8A961D
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 29)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 80.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -19.21, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 59.92, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0589 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.137 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6100, 27.3050, 5.2942)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A961D #291D96

analogous

#96651D #8A961D #4E961D

triadic

#8A961D #1D8A96 #961D8A

tetradic

#8A961D #1D9665 #291D96 #961D4E

square

#8A961D #1D9665 #291D96 #961D4E

split-complementary

#8A961D #1D4E96 #651D96

monochromatic

#2C2F09 #5B6313 #8A961D #B9C927 #CFDD50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A961D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A961D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A961D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A961D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A961D	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)

#A09029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a961d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.137 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b465',
    500: '#8a961d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a961d;
$custom-light: #b0b465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a961d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.95,
    "s": 67.598,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64219,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A961D

secondary

#5A4FC0

accent

#3DEA4E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A961D

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

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