#8A961F#8A961F

#8A961F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.136 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A961F
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 31)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 79.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -19.13, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 59.32, 108.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0585 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.136 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6355, 27.3153, 5.4287)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A961F #2B1F96

analogous

#96661F #8A961F #4F961F

triadic

#8A961F #1F8A96 #961F8A

tetradic

#8A961F #1F9666 #2B1F96 #961F4F

square

#8A961F #1F9666 #2B1F96 #961F4F

split-complementary

#8A961F #1F4F96 #661F96

monochromatic

#2D310A #5B6315 #8A961F #B9C929 #CEDC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#8A961F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#8A961F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A961F

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A961F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A961F	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)

#A0902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a961f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.136 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b466',
    500: '#8a961f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a961f;
$custom-light: #b0b466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a961f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.05,
    "s": 65.746,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64229,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A961F

secondary

#5D52BF

accent

#3FE950

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A961F

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

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