#8A981D#8A981D

#8A981D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.139 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A981D
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 29)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 80.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -20.23, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 60.74, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0617 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.139 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9318, 27.9488, 5.4015)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A981D #2B1D98

analogous

#98681D #8A981D #4D981D

triadic

#8A981D #1D8A98 #981D8A

tetradic

#8A981D #1D9868 #2B1D98 #981D4D

square

#8A981D #1D9868 #2B1D98 #981D4D

split-complementary

#8A981D #1D4D98 #681D98

monochromatic

#2D3109 #5B6513 #8A981D #B9CB27 #CEDE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A981D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A981D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A981D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A981D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A981D	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)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a981d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.139 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b665',
    500: '#8a981d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a981d;
$custom-light: #b0b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a981d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.829,
    "s": 67.956,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6469,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A981D

secondary

#5D50C1

accent

#3DEB51

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A981D

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

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