#8A9916#8A9916

#8A9916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.143 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9916
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(67, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(67, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -20.98, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 62.96, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0643 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.143 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0179, 28.2440, 5.0506)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9916 #251699

analogous

#996716 #8A9916 #499916

triadic

#8A9916 #168A99 #99168A

tetradic

#8A9916 #169967 #251699 #991649

square

#8A9916 #169967 #251699 #991649

split-complementary

#8A9916 #164999 #671699

monochromatic

#292E07 #5A630E #8A9916 #BACF1E #D2E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#8A9916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#8A9916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9916

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9916	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.143 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b663',
    500: '#8a9916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9916;
$custom-light: #b0b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.87,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64895,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9916

secondary

#5446C5

accent

#36F14C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9916

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

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