#8A981F#8A981F

#8A981F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.138 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A981F
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 31)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 79.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -20.15, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 60.16, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0614 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.138 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9574, 27.9590, 5.5360)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A981F #2D1F98

analogous

#98691F #8A981F #4D981F

triadic

#8A981F #1F8A98 #981F8A

tetradic

#8A981F #1F9869 #2D1F98 #981F4D

square

#8A981F #1F9869 #2D1F98 #981F4D

split-complementary

#8A981F #1F4D98 #691F98

monochromatic

#2E320A #5C6515 #8A981F #B8CB29 #CDDC55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A981F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A981F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A981F

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A981F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A981F	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)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a981f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.138 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b666',
    500: '#8a981f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a981f;
$custom-light: #b0b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a981f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.942,
    "s": 66.12,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64701,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A981F

secondary

#6053C0

accent

#3FE952

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A981F

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

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