#8A9819#8A9819

#8A9819 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	#8A9819
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 25)
HSL	hsl(67, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 83.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -20.37, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 61.82, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0624 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.141 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8856, 27.9303, 5.1577)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9819 #271998

analogous

#986619 #8A9819 #4B9819

triadic

#8A9819 #198A98 #98198A

tetradic

#8A9819 #199866 #271998 #98194B

square

#8A9819 #199866 #271998 #98194B

split-complementary

#8A9819 #194B98 #661998

monochromatic

#2B2F08 #5A6310 #8A9819 #BACD22 #D1E14A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A9819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A9819 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9819

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9819	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)

#A29127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.141 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b664',
    500: '#8a9819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9819;
$custom-light: #b0b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.614,
    "s": 71.751,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64672,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9819

secondary

#574AC3

accent

#39EE4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9819

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

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