#8A981B#8A981B

#8A981B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.140 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A981B
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 27)
HSL	hsl(67, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 82.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -20.30, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 61.30, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0621 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.14 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9079, 27.9392, 5.2754)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A981B #291B98

analogous

#98671B #8A981B #4B981B

triadic

#8A981B #1B8A98 #981B8A

tetradic

#8A981B #1B9867 #291B98 #981B4B

square

#8A981B #1B9867 #291B98 #981B4B

split-complementary

#8A981B #1B4B98 #671B98

monochromatic

#2C3009 #5B6412 #8A981B #B9CC24 #CFE04E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A981B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A981B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A981B

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A981B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A981B	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)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a981b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.140 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b664',
    500: '#8a981b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a981b;
$custom-light: #b0b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a981b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.72,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64681,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A981B

secondary

#5A4DC2

accent

#3BED4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A981B

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

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