#8A981E#8A981E

#8A981E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; 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	#8A981E
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 30)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 80.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -20.19, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 60.46, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0615 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.139 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9444, 27.9538, 5.4677)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A981E #2C1E98

analogous

#98691E #8A981E #4D981E

triadic

#8A981E #1E8A98 #981E8A

tetradic

#8A981E #1E9869 #2C1E98 #981E4D

square

#8A981E #1E9869 #2C1E98 #981E4D

split-complementary

#8A981E #1E4D98 #691E98

monochromatic

#2D320A #5C6514 #8A981E #B8CB28 #CDDD53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A981E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A981E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A981E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A981E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A981E	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)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a981e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.139 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b666',
    500: '#8a981e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a981e;
$custom-light: #b0b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a981e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.885,
    "s": 67.033,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64695,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A981E

secondary

#5E51C0

accent

#3EEA52

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A981E

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

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