#8A9818#8A9818

#8A9818 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.141 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9818
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 24)
HSL	hsl(67, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 84.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -20.41, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 62.07, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0626 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.141 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8750, 27.9260, 5.1019)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9818 #261898

analogous

#986618 #8A9818 #4A9818

triadic

#8A9818 #188A98 #98188A

tetradic

#8A9818 #189866 #261898 #98184A

square

#8A9818 #189866 #261898 #98184A

split-complementary

#8A9818 #184A98 #661898

monochromatic

#2A2E07 #5A6310 #8A9818 #BACD20 #D1E248

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A9818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A9818 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9818

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9818	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.141 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b663',
    500: '#8a9818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9818;
$custom-light: #b0b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64667,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9818

secondary

#5648C4

accent

#38EF4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9818

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

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